mother liquor
- the portion of a solution remaining after crystallization of its important component.
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Origin of mother liquor
First recorded in 1790–1800
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More crystals may be obtained by evaporating the mother-liquor.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
More crystals may be obtained by again evaporating the mother-liquor.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
The mother-liquor of the crystallisers is pumped back into the evaporating pans for further concentration.
These were separated, and the mother-liquor on standing deposited some oblong rectangular crystals.
Considerable quantities of iodine are now obtained from the mother-liquor of Chilian saltpetre or nitre (nitrate of soda).
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley