pervaporation
9.9
A way to separate liquids by letting vapor pass through a special membrane
- noun
- /ˌpɜrvəˈpeɪrˌeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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pervaporización
- In the lab, pervaporation is often used to concentrate fruit juice by removing water.
Examples
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The researchers used pervaporation to separate water from the alcohol in the mixture.
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The team has also developed a new process called pervaporation, which uses a membrane to filter ethanol out of the broth.
Academic text (2002) -
We need to convert the royal Talon fighter into a pervaporation chamber.
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Pervaporation cells activated.
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To enhance the purity of the product, we employed pervaporation as a method of separation.
Surface Forms
pervaporation singular
pervaporizations plural
Morphology
Etymology
Pervaporation comes from the parts per- meaning 'through', vapor meaning 'steam' or 'gas', and -ation to make a process. It literally suggests 'vapor passing through', which fits the method of turning part of a liquid into vapor that moves through a membrane to separate or concentrate a solution.
