Sidney Gilchrist Thomas and Percy Carlyle Gilchrist…

1879 CE

Sidney Gilchrist Thomas and Percy Carlyle Gilchrist invent a process for the removal of phosphorus from pig iron in 1879.

As phosphorus makes steel brittle, this allows the use of iron ores rich in phosphorus, found in many parts of Europe.

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