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AP European History
Unit 6 – Industrialization and Its Effects
Topic 6.3
What might be different about steel production during the Second Industrial Revolution if Henry Bessemer's converter method was never discovered?
Aluminum would replace steel as the main building material in industry.
Carbon fiber composites would have been invented earlier to fill the gap left by inefficient steel production.
Iron would continue to be used widely despite its significant drawbacks compared to steel.
Steel production could remain costly and inefficient until another technological breakthrough.
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