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Definition of Lixiviation
1. n. Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance from one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.
Definition of Lixiviation
1. Noun. The process of lixiviating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lixiviation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lixiviation
1. Synonym: leaching. Origin: L. Lixivius, made into lye, fr. Lix, lye (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lixiviation
Literary usage of Lixiviation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1885)
"Mr. EH Russell, of Park City, Utah, is the inventor and the patentee in the United
States and several foreign countries of a new lixiviation-process, ..."
2. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"The oldest method of lixiviation consisted in grinding the crude soda, ...
This method of lixiviation was open to several objections ; the water rted its ..."
3. Hydrometallurgy of Silver: With Special Reference to Chloridizing Roasting by Ottokar Hofmann (1907)
"It makes the treatment of very badly filtering ore possible, which otherwise
could not be treated by lixiviation. The most important advantage of trough ..."
4. Hydrometallurgy of Silver: With Special Reference to Chloridizing Roasting by Ottokar Hofmann (1907)
"It makes the treatment of very badly filtering ore possible, which otherwise
could not be treated by lixiviation. The most important advantage of trough ..."
5. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1893)
"lixiviation.—Use of Producer-gas for drying and roasting ore at the lixiviation
... lixiviation.—The Dissolution of Gold in a Solution of Potassium Cyanide. ..."
6. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"The next stage in the process is the lixiviation of the black-ash. ...
Hence the .lixiviation must be done as rapidly as possible, at a low temperature, ..."
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