mother liquor

noun

1. the portion of a solution remaining after crystallization of its important component.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mother liquor¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

The crystals were mounted and sealed in capillaries in the mother liquor or covered in Paratone, measured at room temperature and at 100 K and crystals of various sizes were used.

From Nature

This is discussed above with reference to the instability of the crystals outside the mother liquor.

From Nature

T2-γ is stabilized by solvent exchange with pentane, but the DMAc/acetone solvate of T2-γ taken directly from the mother liquor of the crystallization transforms to a solvate of T2-α under light grinding or when left to stand at room temperature.

From Nature

They would pipe this liquid, known as the “mother liquor,” up to evaporation furnaces outside the cave, where it was boiled with potash and processed into saltpeter.

From New York Times

They would pipe this liquid, known as the “mother liquor,” up to evaporation furnaces outside the cave, where it was boiled with potash and processed into saltpeter.

From New York Times