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salting out

salting out noun: the precipitation of a solute by the addition of an electrolyte. Also the present participle and gerund of salt out.

Noun

salting out (uncountable)

  1. The precipitation of a solute by the addition of an electrolyte.
  2. A technique for the separation of proteins by differential precipitation in a solution of sodium chloride or ammonium sulphate.

Also used as

salting out is also the present participle and gerund of salt out.

Questions about salting out

What does salting out mean?
Salting out means the precipitation of a solute by the addition of an electrolyte.
What part of speech is salting out?
Salting out is a noun.

Words near salting out in the dictionary

  1. saltiness
  2. saltinesses
  3. salting
  4. salting away
  5. salting down
  6. salting out
  7. salting the earth
  8. salting the mine
  9. salting up
  10. saltings
  11. saltiphone

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