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elution

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e·lute  (-lt)
tr.v. e·lut·ed, e·lut·ing, e·lutes
To extract (one material) from another, usually by means of a solvent.

[From Latin luere, lt-, to wash out : -, ex-, ex- + -luere, to wash; see leu()- in Indo-European roots.]

e·lution n.

elution  (-lshn)
The process of extracting a substance that is adsorbed to another by washing it with a solvent. The substance used as a solvent in elution is called an eluent. The solution of the solvent and the substance that was adsorbed to another is called the eluate.

elution
removal of soluble matter from a substance to be refined by washing it in water.
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Noun1.elution - 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
extraction - the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means


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