Mond process

/ (mɒnd, German mɔnt) /

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noun

a process for obtaining nickel by heating the ore in carbon monoxide to produce nickel carbonyl vapour, which is then decomposed at a higher temperature to yield the metal

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Word Origin for Mond process

C19: named after Ludwig Mond (1839–1909), German chemist and industrialist

Words nearby Mond process

mondegreen, Mondeo Man, mondial, mondo, mondo grass, Mond process, Mondrian, Mondrian, Piet, monecious, Monegasque, Monel metal

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How to use Mond process in a sentence

In the process, we get straightjacketed into emotionally distant, competitive lives.
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Or how much richer a few rich Mexicans are going to get in the process?
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Then we all have to do our part to engage the officers and our community, and hold everyone accountable in the process.
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“The process of getting the approval is too slow and is too cumbersome,” Rogers said.
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The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.
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On certain of the stems the fertile cone appears and the spores are ripened about June, after which the process withers.
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By the second process, it is made to the advantage of the issuer of the notes to hasten their withdrawal himself.
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The quickening of one part of the process necessitated the "speeding up" of all the others.
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That, too, is a process which in this changing new world of ours can never be completed.
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A smile of beatitude spread over his enormous countenance during the process.
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