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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fil-treyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl treɪt



Definition of filtrate

Origin :
  • 1610s, probably a back-formation from filtration. As a noun, from 1846.
  • As in leach : verb drain, empty
  • As in percolate : verb seep, drip (liquid)
  • As in filter : verb separate to refine; seep through
Example sentences :
  • The salt can be recovered from the filtrate by evaporation of the water.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • The filtrate was evaporated and the residue extracted with alcohol.
  • Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth
  • When, therefore, chromium is not detected in the precipitate, the filtrate should also be examined.
  • Extract from : « Legal Chemistry » by A. Naquet
  • If turmeric is present the filtrate will appear fluorescent.
  • Extract from : « Detection of the Common Food Adulterants » by Edwin M. Bruce
  • In the filtrate the free alkali is estimated by a normal acid.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • If gold is present, it will now be held in solution in the filtrate.
  • Extract from : « The A B C of Mining » by Charles A. Bramble
  • The liquid is poured on a small dry filter and washed with warm benzoline, the filtrate being collected in a small wide beaker.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Filter and evaporate the filtrate until the fumes of sulphuric acid begin to be evolved, when 10 gr.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • We then filter, and add to the filtrate carbonate of potash or soda, until there is no further precipitation of carbonate of lime.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • The filtrate can then be subjected to Marsh's or Reinsch's process.
  • Extract from : « Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology » by W. G. Aitchison Robertson

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