solvent

• Be sure all the ash is out of the turpentine portion; now, after distilling the turpentine off, act on the residue with all the solvents that were used on the residue, using for the first the solvent which is least likely to dissolve a great part of it. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
• But the principle of using a small amount of strong solvent, and drowning in a large amount in weak solvent could be used The knowledge that they fear is a weapon to be used against them. —  The Explosives and Weapons Forum: Picric acid
• (What would he get if he left it solvent -- his own island?) (1 comments) Richardson is among the one half of one percent of the public who is pro the sacred tradition of cockfighting which was legal in New Mexico until he sought the Democratic nomination for president.
• However, the FDA was able to remove the sulfa elixir from the market because elixirs at the time were to contain alcohol as a solvent (not diethylene glycol). —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
• Hexane was used as the extraction solvent, and the researchers identified three vitamin E compounds: alpha-tocopherol, delta-tocopherol, and —  NutraIngredients-USA RSS

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