The phase remaining after
extraction of some specified solute(s). When necessary it should be further specified, e.g. scrub raffinate. The original meaning of raffinate as a '
refined product' has become extended and changed by common usage. The term should normally be applied only to waste streams but the latter may form the feed to a further
extraction process for another solute.
Source:
PAC, 1993, 65, 2373
(Nomenclature for liquid-liquid distribution (solvent extraction) (IUPAC Recommendations 1993))
on page 2388
Cite as:
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.
