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Sasol's Fischer-Tropsch process — developed since the 1950s — converts coal or gas to synthetic fuels and waxes. Our hard waxes (Sasolwax) coat food packaging and crayons. Carbon monoxide + hydrogen + cobalt catalyst = everything.

Anton Paar's Monowave microwave reactors cut organic synthesis times from hours to minutes — dielectric heating directly excites polar molecules. Microwave-assisted organic chemistry (MAOS) changed how we discover new compounds.