verb
- to remove ions from (a substance, especially water) by means of ion exchange or electrolysis
Usage: chiefly British spelling; American English typically uses 'deionize'; technical term used in chemistry and water treatment
Examples
- The laboratory uses a deioniser to deionise water for sensitive experiments.
- Deionised water is essential for high-precision analytical work.
- The treatment plant deionises the water to remove dissolved salts.
- We need to deionise the solution before running the chromatography test.
- Deionising resin can be regenerated and reused multiple times.