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ba′sic ox′ygen proc′ess, 
  1. Metallurgya high-speed method of steelmaking in which oxygen of high purity is blown through an oxygen lance at high velocity onto the surface of a bath containing steel scrap and molten pig iron within a vessel with a basic lining (ba′sic ox′ygen fur′nace.)

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