Solvay
[sol-vey; French sawl-vey]
- Er·nest [ur-nist; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst; French ɛrˈnɛst/, 1838–1922, Belgian chemist.
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To go with her Harvard MBA, Heidi also has a Masters in European Business from the Solvay School in Brussels.
Historical Examples
The police sent us to the hospital and then went back and towed the airplane over to the shipyard next door to Solvay.
In the Solvay method of manufacture sodium chloride (common salt) and ammonium bicarbonate are mixed in solution.
Soap-Making ManualE. G. Thomssen
This enters into double decomposition with the salt, as shown in the first equation under the Solvay process.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
It is obtained as a by-product in many technical processes, as in the Solvay soda process.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson