acheson process

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   an industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay

   Broaderindustrial process

Questions about acheson process

What does acheson process mean?

acheson process means "an industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay".

Is acheson process a common word?

acheson process is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.