Prill vs Prilling - What's the difference?
prill | prilling | Derived terms |
a pellet, a granule, a small bead
*2000 , R. R. Fullwood, Probabilistic Safety Assessment in the Chemical and Nuclear Industries ,
*:Prills are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly.
*2007 , Stan A. David, Trends in Welding Research: Proceedings of the 7Th International , page 661
*:The resulting solution is evaporated and converted into prills , i.e. dense flakes or grains, of solid ammonium nitrate.
rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag
(mining) A nugget of virgin metal.
The button of metal from an assay.
to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
The solidification of droplets of molten material falling against an upward stream of air; used especially to agglomerate ammonium nitrate and urea for use as a fertilizer.
*2005 , Douglas K. Louie, Handbook of Sulfuric Acid Manufacturing ,
*:In air prilling , molten sulphur is sprayed from the top of a tower against an upward flow of air. As the sulphur falls, the sulphur droplets break into small droplets and cools into prills.
Prilling is a derived term of prill.
Prill is a related term of prilling.
As nouns the difference between prill and prilling
is that prill is a rill, a small stream or prill can be a pellet, a granule, a small bead or prill can be the brill, a kind of flatfish while prilling is the solidification of droplets of molten material falling against an upward stream of air; used especially to agglomerate ammonium nitrate and urea for use as a fertilizer.As a verb prill
is to flow, spurt or prill can be to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling.prill
English
Etymology 1
A variant of purl, 17th century.Etymology 2
Origin unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl "sheep-droppings" as a likely loan from English.Noun
(wikipedia prill) (en noun)page 275
Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* pelletizeDerived terms
* prilling * prill sulfurEtymology 3
prilling
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Noun
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