pervaporate

• Verbo usado para descrever o processo de separação de uma mistura líquida por meio de evaporação parcial através de uma membrana não porosa, geralmente em contexto químico ou industrial.

A verb used to describe the process of separating a liquid mixture by partial vaporization through a non-porous membrane, typically in chemical or industrial contexts.

1. Evaporate through a membraneC2formaltechnical

   To pass through a semipermeable membrane as a vapor, typically as part of a separation process.

   Pervaporar através de membrana

   • The solvent will pervaporate through the membrane, leaving the solute behind.
   • In the lab, they observed the liquid pervaporate under controlled conditions.
   • The process allows water to pervaporate while retaining larger molecules.

2. Cause to evaporate through a membraneC2formaltechnical

   To cause a liquid to evaporate through a semipermeable membrane, often used in industrial separation.

   Pervaporar através de membrana

   • The engineers designed a system to pervaporate the ethanol from the mixture.
   • They used heat to pervaporate the solvent through the membrane.
   • The new technology can pervaporate water efficiently for purification.