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Definition of Precipitants
1. precipitant [n] - See also: precipitant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precipitants
Literary usage of Precipitants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Method for the Identification of Pure Organic Compounds by a Systematic by Samuel Parsons Mulliken (1916)
"The so-called " general alkaloidal precipitants " include a great number of acids
and salts, inorganic and organie, complex and simple, ..."
2. Methods of Organic Analysis by Henry Clapp Sherman (1912)
"PROTEIN precipitants Heat coagulation and salting out processes have already been
referred to ... Heavy metals have been considerably used as precipitants. ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"The liquids mostly used for dissolving substances are acids, and those employed
as precipitants are solutions of alkalies, or bases. ..."
4. The Purification of Sewage, Being a Brief Account of the Scientific by Sidney Barwise (1904)
"PRECIPITATION, precipitants, AND TANKS. Limitations of the process—In practice
... Most of the precipitants sold under fanciful trade names are composed of ..."
5. The Design, Construction and Maintenance of Sewage Disposal Works: Being a by Hugh Percival Raikes (1908)
"Chemicals most commonly used for precipitation—Cost of precipitants and quantity
used—Machinery for preparing precipitants—Reduction of sludge in liquefying ..."
6. The Design, Construction and Maintenance of Sewage Disposal Works: Being a by Hugh Percival Raikes (1908)
"Chemicals most commonly used for precipitation—Cost of precipitants and quantity
used—Machinery for preparing precipitants— ..."
7. The Purification of Sewage: Being a Brief Account of the Scientific by Sidney Barwise (1899)
"PRECIPITATION, precipitants, AND TANKS. Limitations of the process—In practice
solid matters only removed —Soluble matter removed by excess of ..."
8. Gold: Its Geological Occurrence and Geographical Distribution by James Malcolm Maclaren (1908)
"The amount of free energy shown by the complex ions of gold indicates ready
reduction of the element, and the precipitants of gold are consequently numerous ..."