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DESOLVATION [1 record]

Record 1 2011-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

[In colloid chemistry], the process of evaporation of the solvent from an aerosol of fine droplets (the droplets being the result of nebulizing a solution).

OBS

Desolvatation converts the aerosol into a dry aerosol consisting of a suspension of solid or molten particles of the solute.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

[En chimie des colloïdes], [...] procédé d'évaporation des gouttelettes de solvant d'un aérosol; les gouttelettes étant le résultat de la nébulisation d'une solution. [Définition rédigée d'après GOLCH-F].

OBS

La désolvatation transforme le brouillard en aérosol sec (suspension de particules de soluté solides ou fondues).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
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