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antiscalant

antiscalant noun: material preventing or slowing scaling of a surface.

Noun

antiscalant (plural antiscalants)

  1. Material preventing or slowing scaling of a surface.
    • Antiscalants inhibit scaling by one or more of the following mechanisms: threshold effect which keeps scalant ions in solution, crystal distortion by absorbing onto the crystal surface at active sites preventing further growth, and finally by dispersancy where a surface charge is added onto the...2001, Siobhán Francesca E. Boerlage, Scaling and Particulate Fouling in Membrane Filtration Systems, page 15
    Synonyms:
    scale control additive

Synonyms of antiscalant

  • scale control additive

Forms of antiscalant

pluralantiscalants

Origin of antiscalant

From anti- + scale + -ant.

Questions about antiscalant

What does antiscalant mean?
Antiscalant means material preventing or slowing scaling of a surface.
What part of speech is antiscalant?
Antiscalant is a noun.
What is the plural of antiscalant?
The plural of antiscalant is antiscalants.

Words near antiscalant in the dictionary

  1. antisauvagine
  2. antisavage
  3. antiscab
  4. antiscabies
  5. antiscabious
  6. antiscalant
  7. antiscalants
  8. antiscald
  9. antiscale
  10. antiscalent
  11. antiscalents

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