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theoretical plates

theoretical plates is the plural of theoretical plate.

Meaning of theoretical plate

Noun

theoretical plate (plural theoretical plates)

  1. A plate or tray in a distillation column that produces the best possible difference between the liquid and vapor phases in equilibrium with it; the equivalent concept in a fractionating column packed with beads or rings.

Questions about theoretical plates

What is theoretical plates the plural of?
Theoretical plates is the plural of theoretical plate.

Words near theoretical plates in the dictionary

  1. theoretical oxygen demands
  2. theoretical physicist
  3. theoretical physicists
  4. theoretical physics
  5. theoretical plate
  6. theoretical plates
  7. theoretical probabilities
  8. theoretical probability
  9. theoreticalism
  10. theoreticalities
  11. theoreticality

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