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

Example Sentences

To remove RNAs, we added 500 µl elution solution and 1 µl tenfold diluted RNase cocktail to suspend the pellet.

From Nature • May 8, 2018

Rango, T., Colombani, N., Mastrocicco, M., Bianchini, G. & Beccaluva, L. Column elution experiments on volcanic ash: geochemical implications for the main Ethiopian rift waters.

From Nature • Dec. 12, 2017

The elution fractions containing protein with the highest molecular weight were further examined by negative-stain electron microscopy, and samples containing the holotoxin complex were finally used for plunge freezing and cryo-EM.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014