Definition that contains industrial process
- liquor a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
- biotech the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes
- biotechnology the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes
- feedstock the raw material that is required for some industrial process
- ion exchange a process in which ions are exchanged between a solution and an insoluble (usually resinous) solid; widely used in industrial processing
- solvay process an industrial process for producing sodium carbonate from sodium chloride and ammonia and carbon dioxide
- acheson process an industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay
- haber process an industrial process for producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen by combining them under high pressure in the presence of an iron catalyst
- bessemer process an industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities; the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost
- haber-bosch process an industrial process for producing ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen by combining them under high pressure in the presence of an iron catalyst