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eluent

eluent

9.3
A liquid that carries and helps separate chemicals in lab tests
  • noun
  • /ˈɛljuənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : eluyente
  • During the experiment, the eluent was carefully added to the chromatography column to initiate the separation process.

Now you've got ethyl acetate for your eluent, you've got a polar solid adsorbent and your non polar component.

Examples

  • Now you've got ethyl acetate for your eluent, you've got a polar solid adsorbent and your non polar component.

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  • An inline electrolytic suppressor removed the OH- ions and cations from the post-column eluent prior to MS analysis (Thermo Scientific Dionex AERS 500).

    Academic text (2017)

  • The eluent solution was in contact with the syringe walls for 90 minutes.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Both the flow-through and eluent were subjected to SDS-PAGE, and the protein bands were then excised, sliced into pieces, and digested via an in-gel digestion method.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The chemist prepared the eluent by mixing water and ethanol to separate the compounds effectively.

  • After running several tests, they found that the eluent improved the resolution of the separated substances.

Synonyms

extractant
vseluent
  • Specialized
9.1

A liquid that removes one substance from a mixture by dissolving it

is the solvent used in chromatography to carry substances through the system

Surface Forms

eluent singular
eluents plural

Morphology

eluent = elute (transparent) = elute + ent

Formed regularly from the verb 'elute' with the noun/adjective-forming suffix '-ent'; the meaning 'a solvent that elutes substances' follows directly though it is technical.

Etymology

The word eluent comes from the Latin verb eluere, which means 'to wash out', and is the same root behind elute. So an eluent is the liquid that 'washes out' or carries substances during a chemical separation.