Water Treatment Methods

verb to spray or sprinkle water or other liquid over something, typically to cool or moisten it

• The brewery uses a sparge arm to evenly distribute hot water over the grain bed during the lautering process.
• Make sure to sparge the grains thoroughly to extract all the sugars for a good beer.
• I always forget to sparge properly when I'm brewing at home.
• She tried to sparge her thoughts, filtering out the negative ones and focusing on the positive.

noun a chemical process in which a compound is broken down by reaction with water using an alkali substance

• Alkaline hydrolysis is a process used in the chemical industry to break down organic compounds into simpler molecules.
• They used alkaline hydrolysis to analyze the chemical composition of the sample.
• Alkaline hydrolysis is like breaking down stuff with fancy chemicals.
• In a way, alkaline hydrolysis is like unraveling the secrets hidden within the molecules.