noun
emulsion; turbid solution; slurry
Technical term used in chemistry and engineering for a liquid mixture containing suspended particles or droplets. 混濁液 covers emulsions (liquid-liquid), turbid solutions (fine solid particles), and slurries (coarser solid particles).
この混濁液は油と水からなるエマルションです。
This turbid liquid is an emulsion consisting of oil and water.
工場では、混濁液をろ過して固体を分離する。
At the factory, they filter the slurry to separate the solids.
エマルション is a loanword for emulsion, a type of 混濁液 where two immiscible liquids are mixed.
Compound of 混濁 (kondaku, 'turbidity') and 液 (eki, 'liquid'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern technical coinage.