electrodecantation

noun

: an electrophoretic process utilizing two vertical membranes for concentrating and separating colloidal dispersions by stratification, the layers so formed being separable by decantation into the dispersed particles and the liquid dispersion medium

Word History

Etymology

electr- + decantation

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