Filtration vs. Sieving

Filtrationnoun

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

Filtrationnoun

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

Filtrationnoun

the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium

Filtrationnoun

the act of changing a fluid by passing it through a filter

Filtrationnoun

the action or process of filtering something

Filtration

Filtration is a physical or chemical separation process that separates solid matter and fluid from a mixture using a filter medium that has a complex structure through which only the fluid can pass. Solid particles that cannot pass through the filter medium are described as oversize and the fluid that passes through is called the filtrate.

Sievingverb

present participle of sieve

Sievingnoun

The act of passing something through a sieve.

Sievingnoun

Material that has passed through a sieve.