English

Verb

detartrating

1. present participle of detartrate
   • United States Patent #6,797,053, filed July 9, 2001:

     The crude calcium tartrate used in the production of tartaric acid (min. 50% purity) is recovered from alkaline solutions resulting from the detartrating of wine vats (potentially containing 140-250 g tartaric acid/L) by acidification to a pH of maximum 8, addition of a calcium salt to precipitate calcium tartrate, and recycling of part of the filtrate.

   • Donald Kiteley Tressler, George Long Marsh, Maynard Alexander Joslyn, Fruit and Vegetable Juices (1939) p. 379:

     FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATES AND SYRUPS[:] detartrating the juice before concentrating will reduce the amount of cream of tartar...