Raschig-Hooker process
English
Etymology
Named after the German chemist Friedrich Raschig.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Who is Hooker?”)
Proper noun
the Raschig-Hooker process
- A chemical process for the production of phenol, involving the initial production of chlorobenzene from benzene, hydrochloric acid and oxygen, and then the hydrolysis of chlorobenzene to phenol.