What is the difference between digestion and aging of a precipitate?

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Digestion and aging of a precipitate are distinct processes in chemistry. Digestion involves heating a solution to promote the growth of larger, purer solid particles while reducing smaller ones, facilitating easier separation from the solution. This process may also include the addition of chemicals to enhance efficiency. Aging, on the other hand, refers to allowing the precipitate to sit undisturbed, which can also influence particle growth but does not necessarily involve heating.

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Is digestion related to heating and aging related to allowing the precipitate to sit?
 
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ASidd said:
Is digestion related to heating and aging related to allowing the precipitate to sit?
Digestion is related to the reduction in number of the little solid particles of precipitate and the growth of the bigger and purer ones, so that, at the end of the process, all the precipitate is in the form of big, heavy and pure solid particles/crystals and you can easily and quantitatively separate it from the solution. *In general* this is achieved by heating the solution for long time (maybe even adding chemicals which favour the process).
 
lightarrow said:
Digestion is related to the reduction in number of the little solid particles of precipitate and the growth of the bigger and purer ones, so that, at the end of the process, all the precipitate is in the form of big, heavy and pure solid particles/crystals and you can easily and quantitatively separate it from the solution. *In general* this is achieved by heating the solution for long time (maybe even adding chemicals which favour the process).

Didn't know it is called digestion. For sure I have heard the procedure called "aging". Perhaps digestion and aging is the same then (in this context).
 

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