Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Absorption is the incorporation of a substance in one state into another of a different state
(e.g. liquids being absorbed by a solid or gases being absorbed by water).
Adsorption is the physical adherence or bonding of ions and molecules onto the surface of
another molecule. Unless it is clear absorption or adsorption process is operative,
sorption is the preferred term.
Adsorption and desorption are used to indicate the direction from which the equilibrium
states have been approached.
Adsorption hyteresis arises when the amount adsorbed is not brought to the same level by
the adsorption and desorption approach to a given “equilibrium” pressure or bulk
concentration.
Adorption isotherm is the relationship, at constant temperature, between the amount
adsorbed by a substrate (adsorbent) and the equilibrium pressure, or
concentrations of a fluid (adsorbate).
Ash % cane is the ash content in cane. Ash is the residue remaining after burning off all
organic matter. Ash may be determined as carbonated ash, conductivity ash or
sulfated ash.
Bagacillo are very small particles of bagasse separated either from pre-clarification juices
or from the final bagasse for filtration or other purposes.
Bagasse is the residue obtained from crushing cane in a mill. Depending on the number of
mills, it is referred to as first mill bagasse, second mill bagasse, etc.
Boiling house recovery is the percentage of the pol in mixed juice that passes into the sugar
produced, whereas the percentage of the pol in cane that passes into mixed juice is
termed extraction. The product of these two is known as overall recovery.
Brix of a pure solution is the concentration of a pure sucrose solution in water (expressed
by mass as parts of sucrose per 100 parts of solution), having, at a given temperature,
the same density as the solution under examination.