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

/ ˈsækəˌreɪt /

noun

1. any salt or ester of saccharic acid

Word History and Origins

Origin of saccharate¹

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

Example Sentences

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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To show you the degree of economy practised in such establishments in France, I may mention that the washings of the saccharate of barytes are sold to the makers of potash and soda, who make a profit by boiling them down to obtain what salts they contain.

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