After (complete or incomplete)
dialysis two solutions are obtained. The one free from
colloidal material is called dialysate; the other one, containing the
colloidal particles may be called
retentate, dialysis residue, or simply residue, but should not be called dialysate.
Source: PAC, 1972,
31, 577. (
Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry) on page 608 [
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