Solvay process

Solvay process

English

Etymology

Developed in its modern form by the Belgian chemist Ernest Solvay during the 1860s.

Proper noun

the Solvay process (usually uncountable, plural Solvay processes)

  2. (chemistry) A widely used industrial process for the production of sodium carbonate.
    Synonym: ammonia-soda process
    Hypernym: process
    Coordinate term: soda process
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