2. Noun. A process in which salt is removed from a material; desalination ¹
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Definition of Desalting
1. desalt [v] - See also: desalt
Medical Definition of Desalting
1. To remove salt. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desalting
Literary usage of Desalting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East; Alternative Strategies by Masahiro Murakami (1995)
"Desalting processes can expand the availability of potable water supplies by ...
The potential sources of water for membrane desalting include brackish ..."
2. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"The highly significant variations of the structural properties of the saline
soils with time take place during their desalting, the nature and rate of which ..."
3. Pollution Prevention for Chemical Processes: A Handbook with Solved Problems by David T. Allen (1994)
"This composition is compatible with desalting, which is the first ... In desalting,
the crude oil is contacted with water to remove dissolved salts. ..."
4. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Applications include the use of solar photovoltaics as a power source for pumping,
instrumentation stations, desalting, cathodic protection against pipeline ..."
5. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"was, on occasions, treated in the same way. Desalting ... The desalting apparatus*
was used according to Smith, Stevens and Jepson (1956) and Smith (1958). ..."
6. Lessons Learned from the California Drought (1987-1992): National Study of by Benedykt Dziegielewski, Hari P. Garbharran, John F. Langowski, Jr. (1997)
"MWD studied proposals for potential sites for a desalting unit. MWD also purchased
705 acres of land for a possible reservoir site. ..."