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  2. Diluent - Wikipedia

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    A diluent (also referred to as a filler, dilutant or thinner) is a diluting agent. Certain fluids are too viscous to be pumped easily or too dense to flow from one particular point to the other.

  3. Dilution - Wikipedia

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    Dilution may refer to: . Reducing the concentration of a chemical; Serial dilution, stepwise; Homeopathic dilution; Dilution (equation), an equation to calculate the rate a gas dilutes

  4. Dilution ratio - Wikipedia

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    The diluted material must be thoroughly mixed to achieve the true dilution. For example, in a solution with a 1:5 dilution ratio, entails combining 1 unit volume of solute (the material to be diluted) with 5 unit volumes of the solvent to give 6 total units of total volume. In photographic development, dilutions are normally given in a '1+x ...

  5. Concentration - Wikipedia

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    Concentration-, concentratio, action or an act of coming together at a single place, bringing to a common center, was used in post-classical Latin in 1550 or earlier, similar terms attested in Italian (1589), Spanish (1589), English (1606), French (1632).

  6. Dilution (equation) - Wikipedia

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    If one adds 1 litre of water to this solution, the salt concentration is reduced. The diluted solution still contains 10 grams of salt (0.171 moles of NaCl). Mathematically this relationship can be shown by equation: = where c 1 = initial concentration or molarity; V 1 = initial volume

  7. Detergent - Wikipedia

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    Detergents. A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleansing properties when in dilute solutions. [1] There are a large variety of detergents. A common family is the alkylbenzene sulfonates, which are soap-like compounds that are more soluble than soap in hard water, because the polar sulfonate is less likely than the polar carboxylate of soap to bind to calcium and other ...

  8. Stock dilution - Wikipedia

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    Stock dilution, also known as equity dilution, is the decrease in existing shareholders' ownership percentage of a company as a result of the company issuing new equity. [1]

  9. English adjectives - Wikipedia

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    English adjectives form a large open category of words in English which, semantically, tend to denote properties such as size, colour, mood, quality, age, ...