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lixiviate

[lik-siv-ee-eyt] / lɪkˈsɪv iˌeɪt /


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They lixiviate the soil and boil the water, which has filtered through a bunch of grass in a hole in the bottom of a pot, till all is evaporated and a mass of salt left.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Horace Waller

When the mass is charred to the point that water will not be colored by soluble organic matter, lixiviate with hot distilled water, filter, wash and ignite the residue in the platinum dish.

From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by E. G. Thomssen

These ashes are collected, mixed with lime, lixiviated, and the resulting lye boiled down.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various

When most of the copper has been converted into the sulphate, the ore is lixiviated.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

Ores in which the copper is present as sulphate are directly lixiviated and treated with iron.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

The decomposed ore is then placed in tanks and lixiviated.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

The sulphate, oxide or chlorides, which are obtained from the sulphuretted ores, are lixiviated and the metal precipitated in the same manner as we have previously described.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various

A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

It continued in use as long as men were unacquainted with the art of lixiviating salt, or, in other words, as long as they had no vitriol manufactories.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by David Nunes Carvalho

It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg




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