Etymology

Fowler process

Today it means: A process for producing fluorocarbons by fluorinating hydrocarbons or their partially fluorinated derivatives in the vapor phase over cobalt(III) fluoride. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

Described by Fowler et al in a 1947 paper.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.