Incrustant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Incrustant is an adjective meaning Tending to leave an incrustation on a boiler or other container when the containing water evaporates.
Meaning
Tending to leave an incrustation on a boiler or other container when the containing water evaporates.
More Meanings
- Any substance that is dissolved in water which forms an incrustation when the water evaporates.
Example Sentences
It is the practice at the Columbus plant to leave between 25 and 40 parts per million incrustant hardness in the water.
Split-lime softened water after blending is usually incrustant and difficult to filter unless fully recarbonated or acid treated.
Solid particles of incrustant can be removed along with any fine sediments that may have entered the zone immediately around the screen after the well was placed in service.
The total incrustants in the water, expressed in terms of calcium carbonate, are clearly the sum of their component bases, calcium and magnesium, expressed in terms of calcium carbonate.
Word Forms
- incrustants
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include asteam, intumescent, inspissated, deliquescent, steaming, percolative.
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