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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis