DISPERSING AGENT

  

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DISPERSING AGENT

Specialty Definition: DISPERSING AGENT

DomainDefinition

Chemical Industry

Surface-active agent added to a suspending medium to promote uniform and maximum separation of extremely fine solid particles, often of colloidal size. Source: European Union. (references)

European Union

A substance for promoting the formation and stabilisation of a dispersion of one substance in another. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A material that increases the stability of a suspension of particles in a liquid medium by deflocculation of the primary particles. Syn:deflocculating agent b. Dispersant, deflocculating, or peptizing agent. One that acts to prevent adherence of particles suspended in fluid, and delays sedimentation c. Reagents added to flotation circuits to prevent flocculation, esp. of objectionable colloidal slimes. Sodium silicate is frequently added for this purpose, and there is some indication that it has value in coal froth flotation where a high percentage of clay slimes is presen. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: DISPERSING AGENT

Synonym by domain: disperser (chemical industry).

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Crosswords: DISPERSING AGENT

Specialty definitions using "DISPERSING AGENT": wet-and-dry screening. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DISPERSING AGENT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dispersing agent

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DISPERSING AGENT

Language Translations for "DISPERSING AGENT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

dispergent (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent), overfladeaktivt additiv (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

dispergent (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent), dispergeermiddel (dispersant). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

dispergointiaine (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent). (various references)

   

French

  

dispersant (dispersed, dispersing), peptisant (disperser, distributing agent), agent peptisant (disperser, distributing agent), agent dispersant, agent de dispersion (dispersant). (various references)

   

German

  

Dispergiermittel (dispersant), Verteilungsmittel (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent), Verteilungs-Agent (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent), Verbreitungsmittel (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ουσία διασποράς (dispersant), διασπορέας (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent). (various references)

   

Italian

  

disperdente (dispersant), agente peptizzante (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent), agente disperdente (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent), agente di dispersione (dispersant). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ispersingday agentay

   

Portuguese

  

agente de dispersão (dispersant), aditivo peptizante (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent), aditivo dispersante (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

dispersante (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent), agente de dispersión (dispersant). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dispergeringsmedel (disperser, distributing agent, peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DISPERSING AGENT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-g-i-i-n-n-p-r-s-s-t"

-1 letter: predesignating.

-3 letters: intrepidness, preassigning, predestining, predigesting.

-4 letters: denigrating, designating, disagreeing, gingersnaps, gratineeing, ingredients, pedestrians, preassigned, reassigning, redesigning, redigesting, springtides.

-5 letters: adenitises, argentines, asperities, astringing, daintiness, daringness, degreasing, denigrates, depainting, depressant, depressing, deraigning, designates, despairing, destaining, detraining, diagenesis, digressing, disengages, disparting, dispensing, dispersant, dispersing, disseating, dissenting, disserting, dissipater, energising, epinasties, estranging, eternising, gadgetries, gannisters, generating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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