Solvay

[ sol-vey; French sawl-vey ]

noun

1. Er·nest [ur, -nist, e, r, -, nest], 1838–1922, Belgian chemist.

Example Sentences

To go with her Harvard MBA, Heidi also has a Masters in European Business from the Solvay School in Brussels.

From The Daily Beast

One day before him E. Solvay had patented the same process, but neither of them was able to make the method a commercial success.

From Project Gutenberg

This enters into double decomposition with the salt, as shown in the first equation under the Solvay process.

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It is obtained as a by-product in many technical processes, as in the Solvay soda process.

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The police sent us to the hospital and then went back and towed the airplane over to the shipyard next door to Solvay.

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In the Solvay method of manufacture sodium chloride (common salt) and ammonium bicarbonate are mixed in solution.

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