fractional crystallization

noun

the separation of two solutes from the same solution by using either a solvent or a crystallization temperature such that only one solute is supersaturated and crystallizes out

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Meanings

nounfractional crystallization (countable and uncountable, plural fractional crystallizations)

plural fractional crystallizations

  1. countableuncountablechemistrythe separation of two solutes from the same solution by using either a solvent or a crystallization temperature such that only one solute is supersaturated and crystallizes out

Translations

French cristallisation fractionnée
  • cristallisation fractionnéethe separation of two solutes
German Fraktionierte Kristallisation
  • Fraktionierte Kristallisationthe separation of two solutes
Turkish ayrımsal kristallendirme
  • ayrımsal kristallendirmethe separation of two solutes
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