decarbonation

Noun

decarbonation (plural decarbonations)

1. The loss or removal of carbon dioxide from a carbonated beverage.
   • In the modern beverage plant dissolved gas levels often need to be adjusted. If ales or stouts, which frequently have relatively low carbon dioxide specifications, are fermented in large cylindroconical vessels then the hydrostatic pressure towards the base can cause higher levels of carbon dioxide...2012, “Filtration and stabilization of beers”, in Andrew G.H. Lea, John R. Piggott, editors, Fermented Beverage Production, Springer Science, →ISBN, page 384
2. The removal of carbon.
   • The fact that the TLE was colourless and the residue was brown after decarbonation, indicates that the pigment responsible for the pink colour bands is part of the kerogen fraction.2015 September 15, “Geochemical Evidence of the Seasonality, Affinity and Pigmenation of Solenopora jurassica”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

   Synonyms:

   decarbonization