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Solvay process
(Encyclopedia) Solvay process [for Ernest Solvay], commercial process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate (washing soda). Ammonia and carbon dioxide are passed into a saturated sodium chloride…basic oxygen process
(Encyclopedia) basic oxygen process, method of producing steel from a charge consisting mostly of pig iron. The charge is placed in a furnace similar to the one used in the Bessemer process of…Cort, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Cort, Henry, 1740–1800, English inventor. He revolutionized the British iron industry with his use of grooved rollers to finish iron, replacing the process of hammering, and through…refining
(Encyclopedia) refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of…froth-flotation process
(Encyclopedia) froth-flotation process: see flotation process.four-color process
(Encyclopedia) four-color process: see printing.lead chamber process
(Encyclopedia) lead chamber process: see sulfuric acid.Fischer-Tropsch process
(Encyclopedia) Fischer-Tropsch processFischer-Tropsch processfĭshˈər-trōpsh [key], method for the synthesis of hydrocarbons and other aliphatic compounds. Synthesis gas, a mixture of hydrogen and…Ben Day process
(Encyclopedia) Ben Day, or Benday, process: see printing.open-hearth process
(Encyclopedia) open-hearth process: see steel.Trending
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