ultrafiltration

English

Etymology

ultra- +‎ filtration

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Noun

ultrafiltration (countable and uncountable, plural ultrafiltrations)

1. Filtration through a semipermeable membrane that only allows small molecules through.
   • 2018 October 3, Youn Young Shim, Rana Mustafa, Jianheng Shen, Kornsulee Ratanapariyanuch, Martin J. T. Reaney, “Composition and Properties of Aquafaba: Water Recovered from Commercially Canned Chickpeas”, in Journal of Visualized Experiments‎^[1], volume 132, →DOI, →PMID:

     Aquafaba was recovered from 10 commercial canned chickpea products and correlations among aquafaba composition, density, viscosity and foaming properties were investigated. Proton NMR was used to characterize aquafaba composition before and after ultrafiltration through membranes with different molecular weight cut offs (MWCOs of 3, 10, or 50 kDa).

Derived terms

• electro-ultrafiltration

 

French

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Noun

ultrafiltration f (plural ultrafiltrations)

1. ultrafiltration

Further reading

• “ultrafiltration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.