elution

American  

[uh-looshuhn, ee-] / əˈluʃən, i- /

noun

plural

elutions

1. Chemistry. the removal of an adsorbed substance from the substance that adsorbed it, the process of which usually involves washing with a solvent for purposes of purification or analysis.

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elution Scientific  

/ ĭ-lo̅o̅′shən /

1. The process of extracting a substance that is adsorbed to another by washing it with a solvent.

2. ◆ The substance used as a solvent in elution is called an eluent.

3. ◆ The solution of the solvent and the substance that was adsorbed to another is called the eluate.

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Other Word Forms

• co-elution
  noun