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



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GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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