# Fischer-Tropsch process

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. The synthesis of hydrocarbons by the catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide.

## Etymology
From Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch, German chemists.

## Source
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