The partial removal of a substance from a solution or mixture by dissolving it in another, immiscible solvent in which it is more soluble.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ether is also particularly useful in solvent extraction.
- Those substances were prepared by solvent extraction or, more destructively, by distillation.
- Current methods involve many solvent extraction cycles and vitrification after nitric acid treatment and evaporation.
- He said upon the completion of phase one, the company would begin phase two which would involve the building of electrical winning and solvent extraction of copper ore.
- Alkaloids from samples of diet pills obtained at natural health food outlets underwent either pressurized fluid extraction or solvent extraction with sonication.