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residue

In chemistry, a substance or mixture of substances remaining after the removal of one or more components by a separation process.

The nonvolatile substance left in a container after evaporation of liquid, the solid left behind after removal of liquid by filtration, and the substances left in a distillation flask after removal of components by distillation, are all residues.
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