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Payne's process

Payne's process proper noun: a process for preserving timber and making it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of iron sulfate and calcium chloride in vacuo.

Proper noun

Payne's process

  1. A process for preserving timber and making it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of iron sulfate and calcium chloride in vacuo.

Questions about Payne's process

What does Payne's process mean?
Payne's process means a process for preserving timber and making it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of iron sulfate and calcium chloride in vacuo.
What part of speech is Payne's process?
Payne's process is a proper noun.

Words near Payne's process in the dictionary

  1. Payne County
  2. Payne effect
  3. Payne effects
  4. Payne's gray
  5. Payne's grey
  6. Payne's process
  7. Payneham
  8. paynes
  9. Paynes Creek
  10. Paynes Crossing
  11. Paynesville

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