Conclusion
Crucible steels remained the world's best, although very expensive, for some time. The introduction of the Bessemer process and other steelmaking processes gradually replaced it, being able to produce steel of similar (or better) quality on a much larger scale more quickly and cheaply. The Bessemer process and more modern methods differ from crucible steel production in that they remove carbon from the pig iron, but stop before all the carbon is removed, whereas the ultimate raw material for traditional crucible steel was wrought iron, to which carbon had been added by cementation.
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