The process of
evaporation of the solvent from an
aerosol of fine droplets (the droplets being the result of nebulizing a solution). Desolvation converts the
aerosol into a dry
aerosol consisting of a
suspension of solid or molten particles of the solute.
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.