mother liquor

American  

noun

1. the portion of a solution remaining after crystallization of its important component.

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Etymology

Origin of mother liquor

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

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mother liquor

This is discussed above with reference to the instability of the crystals outside the mother liquor.

From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017

The crystals were mounted and sealed in capillaries in the mother liquor or covered in Paratone, measured at room temperature and at 100 K and crystals of various sizes were used.

From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017

The mother liquor is transferred to a tank and treated with sulphuric acid, when a further crop of picric acid crystals is obtained.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

It increases in bulk, pushing aside the mother liquor, and thus doing external work.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

A crystal in its mother liquor grows by attracting new particles and depositing them upon its outer surface, according to the kind of crystallisation peculiar to the material of which it is composed.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar