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fischer tropsch process

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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 (d. 1948), and H. Tropsch (d. 1935), German chemists
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