elutriation


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e·lu·tri·ate

 (ĭ-lo͞o′trē-āt′)
tr.v. e·lu·tri·at·ed, e·lu·tri·at·ing, e·lu·tri·ates
1. To purify, separate, or remove (ore, for example) by washing, decanting, and settling.
2. To wash away the lighter or finer particles of (soil, for example).
[Latin elutriāre, elutriāt- (from *elutrium, vat, bath, from Greek *elutrion, diminutive of elutron, cover, sheath, tank; see elytron) or ēlūtriāre (from *ēlūtor, one who washes, from ēluere, to wash out; see elute).]
e·lu′tri·a′tion n.

elutriation

the process of elutriating, or purification by washing and straining.
See also: Cleanliness, Processes
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Through the use of state-of-the-art equipment that includes conveyors, electro-magnetic technology, granulators, air powered elutriation systems and various line sorters, the plant removes impurities and contamination and then grinds it into flake.
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However, marshallite can easily be processed by elutriation, air elutriation, and chemical processing with extraction of monomineralic fractions and a simultaneous decrease in [Fe.sub.2][O.sub.3] to a tenth of a percent.
THE LATE MIOCENE PELITIC SILTSTONE OF THE ISHIM FORMATION (SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA): MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER USE
Seki, "Microfluidic counter flow centrifugal elutriation system for sedimentationbased cell separation," Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol.
Two-Dimensional Numerical Study on the Migration of Particle in a Serpentine Channel
This microarray describes the expression level of 5521 genes in samples from yeast cultures, which were synchronized by three independent methods: a factor arrest, elutriation, and arrest of a cdc15 temperature-sensitive mutant.
Structure Optimization for Large Gene Networks Based on Greedy Strategy
de Vries, "Isolation of functionally different human monocytes by counterflow centrifugation elutriation," Blood, vol.
Expansion of a Population of Large Monocytes (Atypical Monocytes) in Peripheral Blood of Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
Modifications of the elutriation method for extracting nematodes from soil.
IMPROVEMENT LEVEL OF NEMATODE RESISTANCE IN POTATO FACING CHANGES IN POPULATION OF GLOBODERA SPP
Copper transport by lobster hepatopancreatic epithelial cells separated by centrifugal elutriation: measurements with the fluorescent dye Phen Green.
CRUSTACEAN BIOENERGETICS: MITOCHONDRIAL ADAPTIVE MOLECULAR RESPONSES TO FACE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
Lymphocytes were purified further from MN cells by centrifugal elutriation so that the final sample contained > 97% lymphocytes.
The Effects of Ex Vivo Administration of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor and Endotoxin on Cytokine Release of Whole Blood Are Determined by Priming Conditions
Smucker AJM, McBumcy SL, Srivastava AK (1982) Quantitative separation of roots from compacted soil profiles by the hydropneumatic elutriation system.
Mass loss and release of nutrient from empty fruit bunch of oil palm applied as mulch to newly transplanted oil palm
Cysts were extracted by elutriation, placed in a grid dish, and counted with the aid of a stereoscopic microscope.
Effects on Trypsin Inhibitor in Roots of Resistant Soybeans after Heterodera glycines Invasion
So far, the only method that can extract nonactivated monocytes is elutriation [66, 67].
Monocyte Activation in Immunopathology: Cellular Test for Development of Diagnostics and Therapy
The -5 [micro]m fractions of magnesite, dolomite, and serpentine were obtained by the elutriation method and used for artificial mineral flotation tests and zeta-potential measurements.
A Method of Calculating the Interaction Energy between Particles in Minerals Flotation

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