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elution

elu·tion

UK/əˈl(j)uːʃən/ fairly common

noun

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

Origin

From the verb elute.

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