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

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mother liquor

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

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

From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017

Thus the presence of a nitrate in the mother liquor tends to produce points or thorns.

From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc

The mother liquor obtained from the crystallized hydrazine sulfate contains a small amount of hydrazine.

From Organic Syntheses by James Bryant Conant

A free osmotic growth swimming in the mother liquor will alter its position and form under the influence of the slightest exterior excitation or vibration.

From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc