Definition of Carbonation

1. Noun. Saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water).

Generic synonyms: Permeation, Pervasion, Suffusion
Derivative terms: Carbonate

Definition of Carbonation

1. Noun. The state of having carbon dioxide gas dissolved in a liquid. ¹

2. Noun. The amount or level of dissolved carbon dioxide remaining in solution. ¹

3. Noun. Carbonization. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carbonation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbonation

carbonatations
carbonate
carbonate dehydratase
carbonate dehydratase inhibitor
carbonate hydro-lyase
carbonate of lime
carbonate of potash
carbonated
carbonated beverages
carbonated water
carbonates
carbonatian
carbonatic
carbonating
carbonation (current term)
carbonations
carbonatise
carbonatised
carbonatises
carbonatising
carbonatite
carbonatites
carbonatization
carbonatizations
carbonatize
carbonatized
carbonatizes
carbonatizing
carbonator

Literary usage of Carbonation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"The carbonation should he effected with rich gas, that is, gas containing approximately ... Practice differs as to the temperature of the carbonation, but, ..."

2. A Handbook for Cane-sugar Manufacturers and Their Chemists by Guilford Lawson Spencer (1917)
"This process requires approximately 0.055 per cent of sulphur on the weight of the cane. The sugars are of good quality. carbonation PROCESSES. 14. ..."

3. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"So far as I am aware, Bischof was the first to realize that under proper conditions the process of carbonation of the silicates could be reversed. ..."

4. Practical Handbook for Beet-sugar Chemists: Rapid Methods of Technico by Werner Moeller-Krause (1914)
"THE SECOND carbonation. After the filtration, the juice is once more treated with lime and CO2 in another set of tanks similar to those of the "first ..."

5. Technology of Beet Sugar Manufacture: A Textbook Describing the Theory and by Great Western Sugar Company (1920)
"The mixture of juice and precipitate is then heated to about 95° C, either by coils in the carbonation tanks or by another set of heaters, ..."

6. Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer by Allen Rogers (1920)
"At the conclusion of this carbonation the juice is heated to near its boiling-point ... In a few factories, the second is followed by a third carbonation. ..."

7. An Introductory Manual for Sugar Growers by Francis Watts (1892)
"carbonation. — Phosphoric-acid Process.—Animal Charcoal. WHATEVER kind of sugar is to be made, the process of manufacture is practically that described iu ..."

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