| 单词 | devil liquor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdevil liquor devil liquor n. Chemistry a condensate produced as waste during the manufacture of ammonium sulphate or coal gas, consisting of an aqueous solution of ammonia and other hazardous or pungent chemicals. ΚΠ 1893 Jrnl. Gas Lighting 28 Feb. 362/1 If this water—called ‘devil liquor’—were not cooled before it escaped, a large quantity of sulphuretted hydrogen would be given off. 1898 Rep. Proc. Associations Gas Engineers & Managers 1897 6 A second difficulty has also been experienced in dealing with the condensed liquor from the foul gas—appropriately termed ‘devil liquor’. 1912 T. E. Thorpe Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 2) I. 149/1 The aqueous condensate obtained by cooling the waste gases [from ammonium sulphate manufacture] is a very noxious-smelling liquid, and is hence termed ‘devil-liquor’. 1989 Jrnl. Business Ethics 8 61/1 The plant ‘is spraying devil liquor on molten slag which has not cooled sufficiently’. 2012 A. W. Hatheway Remediation Former Manuf. Gas Plants & Other Coal-tar Sites 1142 Devil liquor is circulated until its ammonia content is reduced below acceptable limits and then is managed as effluent. < as lemmas |
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