Fischer-Tropsch process
noun
variants
or less commonly Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
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: a process originated in Germany especially for producing liquid and gaseous hydrocarbon fuels (as gasoline or gas oil) by passing a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen over metal or other catalysts at elevated temperatures and at normal or higher pressures see oxyl process, synthesis gas
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