postprecipitatev.
/ˌpəʊs(t)prᵻˈsɪpᵻteɪt/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)priˈsɪpəˌteɪt/, /ˌpoʊs(t)prəˈsɪpəˌteɪt/ Chemistry.
transitive. To deposit by postprecipitation (usually in passive). Also intransitive: to be deposited by postprecipitation.
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postprecipitate1935
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb (intransitive)] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > undergo precipitation > deposit by post-precipitation
postprecipitate1960
1935 I. M. Kolthoff & D. R. Moltzau in Chem. Rev. 17 320 In general, it was found that the amount of zinc sulfide postprecipitated in a given time decreases with increasing acidity.
1939 A. I. Vogel Text-bk. Quantitative Inorg. Anal. i. 148 Zinc sulphide is slowly post-precipitated.
1960 R. Belcher & A. J. Nutten Quantitative Inorg. Anal. (ed. 2) x. 61 Examples of precipitates which tend to post-precipitate are zinc sulphide on mercury sulphide, and magnesium oxalate on calcium oxalate.
1993 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Res. 32 1764/1 Unlike iron, aluminum complexes strongly with fluorine in WPA [= wet-process phosphoric acid] and can postprecipitate as a complex phosphate compound in commercial acids.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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