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etherifications

etherifications is the plural of etherification.

Meaning of etherification

Noun

etherification (countable and uncountable, plural etherifications)

  1. The process of making an ether, especially the removal of alcohols from petroleum products by reacting with sulfuric acid.
    • The particular kind of tritorium which facilitated the etherification of phosphoric acid, and is applicable to many other chemical operations, affords the means of practising the operation just now proposed, as follows.1809, Mr. Boullay, “On Sulphuric Ether, and on the Preparation of it”, in The Repertory Of Arts And Manufactures

Questions about etherifications

What is etherifications the plural of?
Etherifications is the plural of etherification.

Words near etherifications in the dictionary

  1. etheric
  2. etherical
  3. Etheridge
  4. Etheridges
  5. etherification
  6. etherifications
  7. etherified
  8. etherifies
  9. etheriform
  10. etherify
  11. etherifying

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