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saccharate

[sak-uh-reyt]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a salt of saccharic acid.

  2. a compound formed by interaction of sucrose with a metallic oxide, usually lime, and useful in the purification of sugar.



saccharate

/ ˈæəˌɪ /

noun

  1. any salt or ester of saccharic acid

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Word History and Origins

Origin of saccharate1

First recorded in 1805–15; sacchar(ic acid) + -ate 2
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Example Sentences

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The fructose is precipitated as a saccharate, which is filtered, suspended in water and decomposed by carbon dioxide.

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The solutions used were potassium sulfide, saccharate of lime, and bordeaux mixture.

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The best antidote is a watery solution of a soluble salt of lime, i. e., the saccharate, which forms an insoluble salt with oxalic acid.

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Since it has been shown by Professor Scheibler, of Berlin, that strontium is the most powerful medium of extraction in sugar refining, owing to its capacity of combining with three parts of saccharate, the idea suggests itself that the same medium might be successfully employed in the arts, and form a most interesting subject of experiment for the chemist.

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This decomposes the saccharate of lime, which has been formed in consequence of the large excess of lime added to the clarifiers.

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