(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Mar 01 2006 at 12:58:25

Ac"id proc"ess. (Iron Metal.)

That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to basic process.

 

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