Associations to the word «Elution»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats