Hydroforming

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013651",
  "term": "Hydroforming",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Catalytic reforming of naphtha at elevated temperatures and moderate pressures in the presence of hydrogen to form high-octane BTX aromatics for motor fuel or chemical manufacture. This process results in a net production of hydrogen and has rendered thermal reforming somewhat obsolete. It represents the total effect of numerous simultaneous reactions such as cracking, polymerization, dehydrogenation, and isomerization.",
  "references": [
    "DOL Occupational Safety and Health Administration Petroleum Refining Process at https://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iv/otm_iv_2.html#3"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/hydroforming/"
}