🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

eluição

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eluicao

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
elution/ɪˈluːʃən/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A eluição foi realizada com uma mistura de água e metanol."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The process of extracting a substance that is bound to another by washing it with a solvent, especially in chromatography.

    "The successful elution of the proteins required a gradient of increasing salt concentration."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in modern chemistry, derived from Latin 'elutus', past participle of 'eluere' (to wash out, cleanse), from 'e-' (out) + 'luere' (to wash).

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