(of a liquid) not able to dissolve a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute
nonsolvent in American English
(nɑnˈsɑlvənt)
noun
Chemistry
a substance incapable of dissolving a given component of a solution or mixture
Derived forms
nonsolvency
noun
Word origin
[1615–25; non- + solvent]
Examples of 'nonsolvent' in a sentence
nonsolvent
Both solvent-dependent (e.g., polycaprolactone) and nonsolvent-dependent (e.g., chitosan) microparticles weresuccessfully prepared.
Wan-Chen Hsieh, Keng-Shiang Huang, Szu-Yu Chen, Chih-Yu Wang, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu,Yung-Sheng Lin, Chin-Tung Wu, Chih-Hui Yang 2013, 'A Microfluidic Chip Using Phenol Formaldehyde Resin for Uniform-Sized Polycaprolactoneand Chitosan Microparticle Generation', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/18/6/6521. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)