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decantation

American  
[dee-kan-tay-shuhn] / ˌdi kænˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

  • decantations
    plural
  1. the act of decanting a liquid.


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MFI nanosheets were recovered by centrifugation at 14,500 RCF for 1 min and decantation.

From Nature Mar. 14, 2017

Filtration was an easy matter, more especially in the case of A. Examining the yeasts under the microscope, immediately after decantation, we found that both of them remained very pure.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

The solution is diluted with hot water and washed by decantation.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

The precipitate formed, consisting of quebracho phlobaphenes, was separated from the liquid by decantation, and purified by washing it several times with water.

From Synthetic Tannins by Georg Grasser

The mode of proceeding is to calcine the berry in a covered vessel, and well wash the resulting charcoal with boiling water by decantation.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter

By repeated decantations in this manner, various sediments are obtained of different degrees of fineness; the last sediment, or that which remains longed suspended in the liquor, being the finest.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier

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