Reforming

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023535",
  "term": "Reforming",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The thermal or catalytic conversion of petroleum naphtha into more volatile products of higher octane number. 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/reforming/"
}