1922 | Technology
Technology
Dow Chemical chemists find a way to make phenol production more efficient (see Dow, 1897). The Hale-Britton process developed by William J. Hale (son-in-law of founder Herbert H. Dow) and Edgar C. Britton, 31, will permit cheap production of orthophenylphenol and paraphenylphenol that Dow will market as insecticides, germicides, and fungicides (see 1924).
Industrial chemist Ernest Solvay dies at Brussels May 26 at age 84, having gained a fortune from his ammonia-soda process for producing the soda ash (sodium carbonate) used in the glass and soap industries.