Acheson process

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

industrial process - a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something

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This Acheson process was developed in the late 1800's, Again, ultrahigh temperatures exceeding 2,500[degrees]C are controlled to exacting standards to produce problem-free Ark[R] graphite electrodes.