pressure process
121bethell process — |bethəl noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after John Bethell, 19th century American inventor : a method of preserving wood with creosote under pressure …
122boucherie process — |büshə|rē , (ˈ)bü|shrē , ˈbüsh(ə)rē noun Usage: capitalized B Etymology: after Auguste Boucherie died 1871 French chemist : a method of preserving wood involving impregnation with copper sulfate under pressure …
123rueping process — ˈrü]piŋ , ˈrē] noun Usage: usually capitalized R Etymology: after Max Rüping 20th century German timber engineer, its originator : a treatment for preserving wood with the use of a minimum amount of coal tar creosote by alternating pressure and… …
124soda process — noun : a method for making pulp by cooking wood chips at high temperature and pressure in an alkaline solution containing chiefly caustic soda …
125triger process — trēˈzhā noun Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: after M. Triger, 19th century French engineer : a method of sinking through water bearing ground in which a shaft is lined with tubbing and provided with an air lock so that work proceeds under …
126Wood preservation — All measures that are taken to ensure a long life of wood fall under the definition wood preservation (timber treatment). Apart from structural wood preservation measures, there are a number of different (chemical) preservatives and processes… …
127Steam turbine — A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons… …
128Synthetic diamond — Synthetic diamonds of various colors grown by the high pressure high temperature technique Synthetic diamond is diamond produced in a technological process; as opposed to natural diamond, which is created in geological processes. Synthetic… …
