Fischer-Tropsch process

[fish-er-trohpsh, -tropsh]

Fischer-Tropsch process

[fish-er-trohpsh, -tropsh]
noun Chemistry.
a catalytic hydrogenation method to produce liquid hydrocarbon fuels from carbon monoxide.

Origin:
1930–35; named after F. Fischer (died 1948), and H. Tropsch (died 1935), German chemists
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a double sulfate analogous to potassium alum, as aluminum ammonium sulfate, with the formula R2SO4?X2(SO4)3?24H2O, where R is alkali metal or ammonium
a vessel, commonly a glass bulb with a long neck bent downward, used for distilling or decomposing substances by heat
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