Wacker process

English

Etymology

Developed by the company Wacker Chemie, owned by the Wacker family.

Proper noun

Wacker process

  1. (chemistry) The oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde in the presence of palladium(II) chloride as the catalyst.
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