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Isocracking

Isocracking noun: a process that uses catalysts to rearrange the existing molecules of heavy fuel oils to remove sulfur and convert low-value fuel oils into higher-yield products such as gasoline.

Noun

Isocracking (uncountable)

  1. A process that uses catalysts to rearrange the existing molecules of heavy fuel oils to remove sulfur and convert low-value fuel oils into higher-yield products such as gasoline.

Origin of Isocracking

A proprietary name, from iso- + cracking; developed in 1959.

Questions about Isocracking

What does Isocracking mean?
Isocracking means a process that uses catalysts to rearrange the existing molecules of heavy fuel oils to remove sulfur and convert low-value fuel oils into higher-yield products such as gasoline.
What part of speech is Isocracking?
Isocracking is a noun.

Words near Isocracking in the dictionary

  1. isocosts
  2. isocoumarin
  3. isocoumarins
  4. isocovariance
  5. isocracies
  6. Isocracking
  7. isocracy
  8. isocrat
  9. isocratic
  10. isocratic flow
  11. isocratic flows

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