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Revision as of 19:36, 5 December 2019
Decantation is a physical process by which a liquid is separated from another liquid or solid which has a substantially different density.
Vocabulary
Equipment
- The container which has the initial materials is called the decanter
- The container into which the light fluid is poured is called the receiver
Materials
- The lighter fluid is called the supernatant
- The heavier material is called the residue