elution Chem.
(ɪˈl(j)uːʃən)
[f. L. ēlūtiōn-em n. of action f. ēluĕ-re: see prec.]
Washing from impurity; in early Chemistry (see quot.). In later use [G. elution, in same sense], the removal of adsorbed matter. (Cf. elute v.)
| 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 270 Elution is the preparation of common Bole, Talcum, Crocus Martis, Terra Lemnia, etc., by pulverization, calcination, lotion, etc. 1870 H. E. Godfrey in Eng. Mech. 28 Jan. 484/2 All these starches are prepared by elution. 1922 Chem. Abstr. XVI. 2338 (heading) Remarks on the ‘elution’ of saccharase and maltase from their adsorption compounds. 1934 Nature 1 Sept. 307/2 Experiments dealing with the inactivation of enzymes on adsorption and their reactivation by elution. 1966 Lancet 31 Dec. 1432/1 When gastric juice of controls was resolved by molecular sieving, a consistent elution pattern was found. |