filtering material

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• filtering — n. act of passing a liquid or gas through porous material to remove impurities; act of slowly passing in or out; sending through a filter fil·ter || fɪltÉ™(r) n. something which separates, leach; program which receives output from another… …   English contemporary dictionary

• mineral processing — or ore dressing Mechanical treatment of crude ores to separate the valuable minerals. Mineral processing was at first applied only to ores of precious metals but later came to be used to recover other metals and nonmetallic minerals. It is also… …   Universalium

• chromatography — chromatographer, n. chromatographic /kreuh mat euh graf ik, kroh meuh teuh /, adj. chromatographically, adv. /kroh meuh tog reuh fee/, n. Chem. the separation of mixtures into their constituents by preferential adsorption by a solid, as a column… …   Universalium

• algae — algal, adj. /al jee/, n.pl., sing. alga / geuh/. any of numerous groups of chlorophyll containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single celled forms to multicellular forms 100 ft. (30 m) or more long, distinguished… …   Universalium

• mineralwool — mineral wool n. An inorganic fibrous substance that is produced by steam blasting and cooling molten glass or a similar substance and is used as an insulator and a filtering material. Also called rock wool. * * * …   Universalium

• diatomaceous earth — noun A light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material or microabrasive …   Wiktionary

• erionite — er·i·o·nite (erґe o nīt) a common form of zeolite used as an absorbent and filtering material; excessive inhalation of its dust can cause pulmonary fibrosis or silicatosis …   Medical dictionary

• diatomaceous earth — noun a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material • Syn: ↑diatomite, ↑kieselguhr • Hypernyms: ↑earth, ↑ground, ↑filter …   Useful english dictionary

• filter cigarette — filter cigarette, a cigarette containing a section of filtering material such as cellulose, which removes undesirable elements from the smoke …   Useful english dictionary

• fil|ter-tip — filter tip, 1. = filter cigarette. (Cf. ↑filter cigarette) 2. the section of filtering material in a filter cigarette. fil|ter tip «FIHL tuhr TIHP», adjective. having a filter tip: »a filter tip cigarette …   Useful english dictionary

• thin-lay|er chromatography — «THIHN LAY uhr», a method of analyzing the chemical substances of a mixture by passing it through a thin layer of filtering material …   Useful english dictionary