(metalworking) A Bessemer process or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment.

Synonym of basic process

(chemistry) A chemical process for the conversion of wood into wood pulp (for paper manufacture)

plural of bromoil process

(metallurgy) An old method for amalgamating metal ores by first boiling in a solution of salt.

plural of abuse of process

(inorganic chemistry) A method for the production of metallic sodium by the electrolysis of molten sodium hydroxide

kraft process

An early colour photography process using two glass plates: a colour screen plate, with red, green and blue filters, and a standard black-and-white negative plate.

The first commercially successful method of manufacturing synthetic gemstones, involving the melting of a finely powdered substance using an oxyhydrogen flame and crystallising the melted droplets into a boule.