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Haber process

(Encyclopedia) Haber processHaber processhäˈbər [key], commercial process for the synthesis of ammonia, NH3. Pure hydrogen and nitrogen gases are mixed in the appropriate proportion, heated to…

Mond process

(Encyclopedia) Mond process: see under Mond, Ludwig.

cyanide process

(Encyclopedia) cyanide process or cyanidation, method for extracting gold from its ore. The ore is first finely ground and may be concentrated by flotation; if it contains certain impurities, it may…

Frasch process

(Encyclopedia) Frasch processFrasch processfräsh [key] [for Herman Frasch, the German-American chemist who devised it], process for the extraction of sulfur from subsurface deposits. Three pipes, one…

flotation process

(Encyclopedia) flotation process, in mineral treatment and mining, process for concentrating the metal-bearing mineral in an ore. Crude ore is ground to a fine powder and mixed with water, frothing…

Bessemer process

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Bessemer converter Bessemer processBessemer processbĕsˈəmər [key] [for Sir Henry Bessemer], industrial process for the manufacture of steel from molten pig iron. The principle…

viscose process

(Encyclopedia) viscose processviscose processvĭsˈkōs [key], method widely used for the commercial preparation of rayon. Cellulose, prepared from either wood pulp or, less commonly, cotton linters, is…