Fischer-Tropsch process
noun
variants or less commonly Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
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: a process originated in Germany especially for producing liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon fuels (as gasoline or gas oil) by passing a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen over metal or other catalysts at elevated temperatures and at normal or higher pressures see oxyl process, synthesis gas
Word History
Etymology
after Franz Fischer †1948 German chemist and Hans Tropsch †1935 German chemist born in Czechoslovakia