girbotol process

\\ˈgərbəˌtȯl-, -tōl-\ noun

Usage: usually capitalized G

Etymology: girbotol from Girdler Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky, company where the process was developed + Robert R. Bottoms b1890 American chemist that devised the process + English -ol

: a process used industrially for removing acidic impurities (as hydrogen sulfide or carbon dioxide) from gases by passing them through a solution of an ethanolamine