Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of reprecipitating a substance. Partial or fractional reprecipitation is sometimes resorted to in order to purify a substance.
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- noun chemistry The process of returning a
precipitate to a dissolved state only to precipitate it once again.
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Examples
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Treated with caustic soda solution the hydrazones were dissolved in part: on reprecipitation a hydrazone of unaltered composition was obtained.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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This reprecipitation may sometimes be dispensed with by adding the iron salt before the first precipitation, but it of course depends upon the other elements present.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 Various
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These ores owe their value to primary concentration; secondary transportation and reprecipitation by surface waters has not been important.
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It is purified by reprecipitation, ignited, and weighed as phosphate
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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Owing to reprecipitation, a pseudo-intact surface layer (red arrow) is observed on top of the body of the carious lesion in this early stage of tooth decay.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Matthias Hannig 2010
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