carbonatation

English

Etymology

carbonate +‎ -ation

Noun

carbonatation (usually uncountable, plural carbonatations)

1. (physical 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.

Synonyms

• carbonation

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

carbonatation f (plural carbonatations)

1. carbonatation

Further reading

• “carbonatation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.