Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The formation of the chemical substance ether.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.
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- noun organic chemistry The process of making an
ether , especially the removal ofalcohols frompetroleum products by reacting withsulfuric acid
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Examples
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The higher the etherification, the faster the gel will set.
foodbeam » Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir, says the bitter orange – Sexiest marmalade 2007
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There are two types of pectins: HM and LM which indicates the degree of etherification of the molecule.
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There are two types of pectins: HM and LM which indicates the degree of etherification of the molecule.
foodbeam » Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir, says the bitter orange – Sexiest marmalade 2007
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The higher the etherification, the faster the gel will set.
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H_ {2} SO_ {4} and HCl with NaHO, where water of crystallization _may_ come in, are entirely confirmed by Ostwald's results on inversion and etherification, where there can be no water of crystallization.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 Various
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The best known is the process of etherification, which has been so much discussed recently, and which consists in placing the plants to be forced in the vapor of ether or chloroform for twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
Three Acres and Liberty Bolton Hall 1896
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We are absolutely ignorant of its mechanism, as we are also in the case of etherification.
Three Acres and Liberty Bolton Hall 1896
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Located within Austria, Energea is known to manufacturer a Tran's etherification reactor which is a biodiesel processor that is a turn-key container that turns any type of waste oil into a biodiesel fuel.
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They usually yield gasoline with light olefins in the C3 / C4 range for alkylation and etherification.
unknown title 2009
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They usually yield gasoline with light olefins in the C3 / C4 range for alkylation and etherification.
unknown title 2009
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