the process of separating the components of a solution on the basis of their differentsolubilities, by means of evaporating the solution until the least soluble component crystallizes out
Examples of 'fractional crystallization' in a sentence
fractional crystallization
Major and trace element characteristics reflect moderate magmatic differentiation and fractional crystallization of tholeiitic magmas.
Th. Dhanakumar Singh, C. Manikyamba, K.S.V. Subramanyam, Sohini Ganguly, Arubam C.Khelen, N. Ramakrishna Reddy 2018, 'Mantle heterogeneity, plume-lithosphere interaction at rift controlled ocean-continenttransition zone: Evidence from trace-PGE geochemistry of Vempalle flows, CuddapahBasin, India', Geoscience Frontiershttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987118300045. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The obtained data exclude the applicability of the fractional crystallization generation model.
Ivan Jurković , Slobodan Miko 1997, 'TETRAHEDRITE FROM THE DUBRAVE - DUGI DOL BARITE DEPOSITS, KREŠEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA',Rudarsko-geološko-naftni Zbornikhttp://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=20697&lang=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Compositional parameters are consistent with a common evolution from less differentiated magmas, probably through fractional crystallization.
Ruy P. Philipp, Marcelo Lusa, Lauro V.S. Nardi 2008, 'Petrology of dioritic, tonalitic and trondhjemitic gneisses from Encantadas Complex,Santana da Boa Vista, southernmost Brazil: paleoproterozoic continental-arc magmatism',Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciênciashttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652008000400013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mixed ethyl acetate and methanol extract afforded three pure compounds through column chromtomatography and fractional crystallization.
Zakia Khanam, Farook Adam, Ompal Singh, Jamal Ahmad 2011, 'A NOVEL ACYLATED FLAVONOIDIC GLYCOSIDE FROM THE WOOD OF CULTIVATED ACACIA NILOTICA(L.) WILLD. EX. DELILE.', BioResourceswww.ncsu.edu/bioresources/BioRes_06/BioRes_06_3_2932_Khanam_SA_Novel_Flavonoidic_Clycoside_Wood_Acacia_n_1719.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Newly mantle-derived material was the predominat source of the granitoids, following fractionalcrystallization or more probably recycling within the crust.
P.A. Nurmi, I. Haapala 1986, 'The Proterozoic granitoids of Finland: Granite types, metallogeny and relation tocrustal evolution', Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finlandhttp://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume58/sgs_bt_058_1_pages_203_233.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cyclic variations in basalt composition reveal temporal chemical heterogeneity related to fractional crystallization and the assimilationof previously-intruded mafic sills.
Katherine E. Potter, John W. Shervais, Eric H. Christiansen, Scott K. Vetter 2018, 'Evidence for Cyclical Fractional Crystallization, Recharge, and Assimilation in Basaltsof the Kimama Drill Core, Central Snake River Plain, Idaho: 5.5-Million-Years of Petrogenesisin a Mid-crustal Sill Complex', Frontiers in Earth Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00010/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)