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antiscalent

antiscalent is the alternative form of antiscalant.

Meaning of antiscalant

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

Forms of antiscalent

pluralantiscalents

Questions about antiscalent

What is antiscalent the alternative form of?
Antiscalent is the alternative form of antiscalant.

Words near antiscalent in the dictionary

  1. antiscabious
  2. antiscalant
  3. antiscalants
  4. antiscald
  5. antiscale
  6. antiscalent
  7. antiscalents
  8. antiscaling
  9. antiscalping
  10. antiscam
  11. antiscarp

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