elution

IPA: ɪɫˈuʃʌn

(analytical chemistry) The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.

Examples of "elution" in Sentences

Absorption-elution, on the other hand, was about 100 times more sensitive.
It was only when he used the hypersensitive absorption-elution method that very low levels showed up.
Wegel had told the court that he had performed two separate tests on the crime-scene semen — “absorption-inhibition” and “absorption-elution.”
A model of chemical fractionation in ice based on differing elution rates for pairs of ions is developed as a proxy for summer melt 1130–1990.
It starts to become more difficult for the low intensity peaks, those with low signal-to-noise ratios, or those with a different elution profile e.g. peak tailing.
Giving testimony in 2000, he said that in his view, it was appropriate to use both absorption-elution and absorption-inhibition in order to determine secretor status.
The di-iso-lysergic acid N,N-diethyl amide which remains absorbed on the alumia column as the second fluroescent zone is removed from the column by elution with chloroform.
Repeating his insistence that absorption-elution was not hypersensitive, Wegel stood by the evidence he gave at the trial, stating that the worksheets did not suggest that Gary was excluded at all.
Perhaps, Roberts speculated, Wegel had then gone on to perform absorption-elution — and only then detected the very low chemical levels that made him assert that the killer might be a weak secretor.