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Webster 1913 Edition


Carbonatation

Carˊbon-a-ta′tion

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Noun.
[From
Carbonate
.]
(Sugar Making)
The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas.
Knight.

Definition 2024


carbonatation

carbonatation

English

Noun

carbonatation (usually uncountable, plural carbonatations)

  1. (chemistry) A chemical reaction in which calcium hydroxide reacts with carbon dioxide to form insoluble calcium carbonate.
    Carbonatation is used in refining sugar from sugar beet.