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contact process
A process for making sulfuric acid. Sulfur dioxide gas (obtained by burning pyrite) is purified by electrical precipitation, and is passed over a catalytic agent to form sulfur trioxide that combined with water produces sulfuric acid.
- Μέρος του λόγου: noun
- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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