mixer-settler
Chemistry and Engineering
noun
An apparatus for solvent extraction of substances in liquid solution, in which the liquid and solvent are dispersed in each other (often repeatedly by means of a countercurrent system) and then allowed to separate gravitationally.
Origin
1950s.
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- (as) flat as a pancake
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