What does purification mean?

Answer 1

Though the ritual may vary from religions the idea of purification is to remove some form of spiritual evil or taboo.

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Catholic AnswerIn the Catholic religion, purification has a very specific meaning, it means that you are removing any trace of the Precious Body and Blood of Our Blessed Lord from the Paten and Chalice after they have been used at Mass. They are ritually purified by rinsing with water (which is consumed by the priest) and then dried with a linen towel called a purificator.

Answer 2

It simply means, isolating a chemical so there are no other compounds present with in the mixture other than just the one you want. E.g. C6H5COONa(aq) + HCl(aq) --> C6H5COOH(s) + NaCl(aq). To make pure benzoic acid you would neeed to use the purification process known as recrystalisation. The precipitate formed in this reaction would not be pure, it would contain some unreacted sodium benzoate and some undissolved sodium chloride along with any other original impurities.. Benzenoic acid is not soluble in cold water but is completely soluble in hot water (95`C). First dissolve benzoic acid completely in hot water, then cool and allow the ppt to form, this should be almost pure benzoic acid, the more times you recrystalise the more pure the sample, however % yield does decrease.

Answer 3

Purification means the same thing to scientists as it does to anyone else. If you want a pure substance, for example pure water, that means that you do not want anything other than water to be mixed in to the water, it should be all water and only water. That is the ideal of purity.

Answer 4

Purification refers to the process of cleansing or removing impurities or unwanted substances from something. It involves making something cleaner, clearer, or more refined.