Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To throw down again in solid form from a solution a substance which has previously undergone the same treatment and been redissolved.
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- verb chemistry To
purify a material by means ofreprecipitation
Etymologies
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Examples
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We are also accustomed to deal currently in the laboratory with substances the presence of which is only shown to us by their radioactive properties but which nevertheless we can determine, dissolve, reprecipitate from their solutions and deposit electrolytically.
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They reprecipitate as sulphides in the reverse sequence.
Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919
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We are also accustomed to deal currently in the laboratory with substances the presence of which is only shown to us by their radioactive properties but which nevertheless we can determine, dissolve, reprecipitate from their solutions and deposit electrolytically.
Radium And The New Concepts In Chemistry: Nobel Lecture 1911
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If much iron is present, dissolve the precipitate of ferric hydrate in acid, and reprecipitate with ammonia.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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Acidulate and reprecipitate with sulphuretted hydrogen.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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