FRASCH PROCESS


Meaning of FRASCH PROCESS in English

/frahsh/

a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.

[ after Hermann Frasch, German-born U.S. chemical engineer, who developed it ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .