单词 | raffinate |
释义 | raffinaten. Manufacturing Technology. The refined fraction which results after the removal of impurities from a liquid, esp. oil, by solvent extraction.The term was first used in connection with the solvent extraction process invented by the Romanian chemical engineer L. Edeleanu c1908 and introduced on a commercial scale at Rouen c1911. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [noun] > refined raffinate1927 1927 Courier (Connellsville, Penn.) 23 June 2/2 The production of one ton of oil raffinate costs about 90 marks. 1958 Engineering 14 Feb. 205/2 The presence of this dissolved salt in the fission-product raffinate stream limits the degree of concentration which may be achieved by evaporation while still keeping all the material in solution. 1970 W. G. Roberts Quest for Oil ix. 95 The raffinate is given a final sweetening and is ready for use as premium kerosene. 1997 Nucl. Energy 36 39 In current reprocessing plants [neptunium-237] is distributed between the highly active raffinate and the plutonium product stream and the uranium product stream from the first extraction cycle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927 |
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