mother liquor
Post-crystallization liquid remainder
Mother liquor is the liquid remaining after crystals have formed and been removed from a solution.
In chemistry and industrial processes, this residual fluid still contains dissolved substances that didn't crystallize: The mother liquor was recycled to extract additional product.
Also called mother liquid or mother water.
Liquid above precipitate
- filtrateLiquid after straining
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- recrystallizationPurification through dissolving and reforming
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
dissolution · evaporation · solvent · metastable · supersaturation · nucleation · crystal growth · seed crystal
Water saturated with sodium
- concentrateReduced, potent form
- leachateLiquid filtered through waste
- impuritiesUnwanted substances within something
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
salinity · density · viscosity · aqueous · pH · trace elements · contaminants · residual
State of being apart
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- decantationSeparating liquid from sediment
- centrifugationSpinning to separate densities
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
extraction · purge · recirculation · recovery · disposal · treatment · recycling · concentration
Science of extracting metals
- leachingDissolving out by liquid
- tailingsPost-extraction mineral waste
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
- sugar productionCreating crystalline sweetener
salt production · pharmaceutical · chemical manufacturing · fertilizer · potash · alumina · Bayer process · pickling
supernatant
Liquid above precipitate
- filtrateLiquid after straining
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- recrystallizationPurification through dissolving and reforming
solute · dissolution · evaporation · solvent · metastable · supersaturation · nucleation · crystal growth · seed crystal · cooling
brine
Water saturated with sodium
- concentrateReduced, potent form
- leachateLiquid filtered through waste
- impuritiesUnwanted substances within something
solute · salinity · density · viscosity · aqueous · pH · trace elements · contaminants · residual · depleted
separation
State of being apart
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- decantationSeparating liquid from sediment
- centrifugationSpinning to separate densities
evaporation · extraction · purge · recirculation · recovery · disposal · treatment · recycling · concentration · distillation
metallurgy
Science of extracting metals
- leachingDissolving out by liquid
- tailingsPost-extraction mineral waste
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
sugar production · salt production · pharmaceutical · chemical manufacturing · fertilizer · potash · alumina · Bayer process · pickling · electroplating
- crystallizationcrystal growth, nucleation, crystal structure, seed crystal, seed crystals
mother, maternal, mothers, maternity, matriarchal, matrilineal, matriarchies, mother lode, matricidal