Definition of Bayer process
: a process for producing alumina from bauxite by digesting it in hot sodium hydroxide solution
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Origin and Etymology of bayer process
translation of German Bayer-Prozess or Bayer-Verfahren, after Karl Josef Bayer †1904 Austrian chemist who developed it
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