English Explanatory Dictionary

Verneuil process

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The first commercially successful method of manufacturing synthetic gemstones, involving the melting of a finely powdered substance using an oxyhydrogen flame and crystallising the melted droplets into a boule.

Word forms

Verneuil process the Verneuil process

Etymology

Developed in 1902 by the French chemist Auguste Verneuil.

Synonyms

flame fusion
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