Frasch process

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A method of extracting sulfur from underground deposits by pumping in superheated water.

Word forms

Frasch process the Frasch process

Etymology

Devised in 1894 by the German-born American chemist Herman Frasch.

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