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Fischer-Tropsch process

[ fish-er-trohpsh, -tropsh ]

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fischer-Tropsch process1

1930–35; named after F. Fischer (died 1948), and H. Tropsch (died 1935), German chemists

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