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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