Bayer process

noun

Bay·​er process

ˈbā-ər-,

ˈbī-

: a process for producing alumina from bauxite by digesting it in hot sodium hydroxide solution

Word History

Etymology

translation of German Bayer-Prozess or Bayer-Verfahren, after Karl Josef Bayer †1904 Austrian chemist who developed it

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