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desalinization
/ dē-săl′ə-nĭ-zā′shən /
- The removal of salt or other chemicals from something, such as seawater or soil. Desalinization can be achieved by means of evaporation, freezing, reverse osmosis, ion exchange, and electrodialysis.
desalinization
- Any process that removes salt from water.
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Notes
The term is usually applied to processes that remove salt from seawater to make it available for human consumption and agriculture. Such processes tend to be very expensive.
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