FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS


Meaning of FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS in English

/fish"euhr trohpsh", -tropsh"/ , Chem.

a catalytic hydrogenation method to produce liquid hydrocarbon fuels from carbon monoxide.

[ 1930-35; named after F. Fischer (d. 1948), and H. Tropsch (d. 1935), German chemists ]

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