Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

crude

English answer:

untreated, raw, in its natural state

Added to glossary by NancyLynn
Aug 24, 2004 23:34
19 yrs ago
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English term

crude

English Tech/Engineering Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
Context: A solution of the compound of example 1 (12.5 kg, crude) in absolute ethanol (50 L) was charged to a 20 gallon reactor equipped with a pressure gauge.
What does "crude"mean here
Thank you in advacne!

Discussion

Ramesh Madhavan Aug 25, 2004:
It looks like 12.5kg of a crude compound is added to 50 litres of ethanol and poured into a 20 gallon (capacity) vessel/container where the reaction takes place.
Non-ProZ.com Aug 25, 2004:
Thanks! The solution is artificially prepared. Perhaps the "crude" means since preparation, the solution is not changed, still keeing its original state.

Responses

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untreated

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Note added at 3 hrs 1 min (2004-08-25 02:35:38 GMT)
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Webster\'s: Crude: raw, in a natural state, untreated, (crude oil)
Peer comment(s):

agree Martine Brault : makes sense. j'avais mal vu la langue d'arrivée :)
4 mins
easy to overlook ;-) merci
agree Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
2 hrs
agree stra
6 hrs
agree Jörgen Slet : in this case, unpurified
8 hrs
agree Alfa Trans (X)
9 hrs
agree Orla Ryan
9 hrs
agree Ramesh Madhavan
12 hrs
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1 hr

natural state

material in natural state , not refined or manufactured.
Peer comment(s):

agree Ramesh Madhavan
47 mins
agree Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
1 hr
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6 hrs

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Asker wrote:
"The solution is artificially prepared. Perhaps the "crude" means since preparation, the solution is not changed, still keeing its original state."

The compound dissoved in the solution is 'crude' not the solution in ethanol.
A crude weight of 12.5 kg of the compound is dissolved.
If 12.5 kg of recrystalized, refined (etc) compound was dissolved, a different amount of the compound would be present (leaving aside the question of impurities, that may or may not be important, depending on what is needed).

eg:
"From this experience and discussion with Dr. Jennifer Kowalski (a previous worker in ureidopeptides) I was able to determine the precise conditions needed for the reaction, and made a second attempt that gave a 23% crude yield. I had to dry load the column for flash column chromatography to purify, giving a 9% yield of pure product. This was not good at all."
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/chm499/research report.doc

"Prepare a hot solution of potassium oxalate (4.3 g)
in water (8 mL). Slowly add the iron nitrate
solution to the hot aqueous oxalate. Filter hot if
any precipitate forms. Thoroughly cool the clear
solution in an ice bath for 10 - 15 minutes. Scratch
the sides of the container with a glass rod to induce crystallisation. Vacuum filter the crystals and wash
with ice-cold water (5 mL). Air-dry by pulling air through the residue for 10 minutes and record the crude
weight.
Please read the notes in experiment 3 about recrystallisation techniques. In each team, two members (A
& B) should keep 1.5 g crude material separate for later use. Recrystallise the rest (for members A & B)
and all of the crude (for members C & D) by dissolving in the minimum of hot water and filtering it hot.
Wash the residue with 1-2 mL of hot water and allow the washings to drip into the filtrate. Cool this filtrate
in ice and filter the new precipitate. Wash with ice-cold water (5 mL) and then twice with ice-cold...."








eg:
http://www.mcmaster.ca/cll/posped/pastissues/volume.1.no.2/d...
"Dissolve iron(III) nitrate nonahydrate (3.0 g) in
water (3 mL). Filter if necessary.
Prepare a hot solution of potassium oxalate (4.3 g)
in water (8 mL). Slowly add the iron nitrate
solution to the hot aqueous oxalate. Filter hot if
any precipitate forms. Thoroughly cool the clear
solution in an ice bath for 10 - 15 minutes. Scratch
the sides of the container with a glass rod to induce crystallisation. Vacuum filter the crystals and wash
with ice-cold water (5 mL). Air-dry by pulling air through the residue for 10 minutes and record the crude weight"
http://www.mcmaster.ca/cll/posped/pastissues/volume.1.no.2/d...







http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:UqGAP54fblQJ:www.mcma...

Peer comment(s):

agree Jörgen Slet : the examples explain the context to an "uninitiated" pretty well // Added: I trust he is, judging from his Kudoz track record :)
4 hrs
thanks Jurgen - that was my aim (from the point of view of English terms), although I'm sure Jianming is knowlegeable about the Chinese terms
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7 hrs

unpurified/as prepared

Means that "the compound of example 1" was used as synthesized, without further purification.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jörgen Slet : "used as synthesized, without further purification" catches the meaning precisely
1 hr
agree DGK T-I : indeed that is what it means ~
4 hrs
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