ELUTION

elution

(noun) the process of extracting one material from another by washing with a solvent to remove adsorbed material from an adsorbent (as in washing of loaded ion-exchange resins to remove captured ions); used to obtain uranium ions

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

elution (countable and uncountable, plural elutions)

(analytical chemistry) The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.

Synonyms

• desorption

Anagrams

• line out, line-out, lineout, outline

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




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SHEET

(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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