eliquation

English

Etymology

From Latin eliquatio, from eliquare (to clarify, strain), from e + liquare (to make liquid, melt).

Noun

eliquation (plural eliquations)

  1. (metallurgy) liquation.
    • 1904, Johannes Rudolf Wagner, Manual of Chemical Technology, page 183:
      Simultaneously with the desilvering, goes on the eliquation of the rich scum in the first, and afterwards in the second, eliquation pan.

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