1. 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

Derived forms: elutions

See also: elute

Type of: extraction

Encyclopedia: Elution

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