noun
- plural of elution; the process of extracting or washing out a substance from a material or medium, especially in chemistry and laboratory procedures
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- The chemist performed multiple elutions to separate the compounds from the chromatography column.
- Successive elutions with different solvents helped isolate the target protein.
- The elutions from the ion-exchange resin were collected in separate fractions.
- Careful control of pH during elutions improved the purity of the extracted sample.
- The lab technician documented all elutions in the experimental log.