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eluter

eluter noun: something that elutes; a solvent or mechanism for separating out or removing a chemical substance from another.

Noun

eluter (plural eluters)

  1. Something that elutes; a solvent or mechanism for separating out or removing a chemical substance from another.
    • In Fig. 2a, where the aqueous phase was used as the mobile phase and HCl as the eluter, the alkaloids were eluted as HCl salts, while in Fig. 2b, where the organic phase is used as mobile phase and triethylamine as the eluter, the alkaloids were eluted as free bases.2009, Jack Cazes, Encyclopedia of Chromatography, page 43
    • pH-Zone-refining CCC uses a set of reagents (i.e., a retainer in the stationary phase and an eluter in the mobile phase). For the separation of acidic solutes, TFA is most often used as the retainer acid and NH₃ as the eluter base. For basic samples, triethylamine is used as the retainer base and...2019, Nelu Grinberg, Sonia Rodriguez, Ewing's Analytical Instrumentation Handbook, page 833

Examples of eluter in a sentence

  • pH-Zone-refining CCC uses a set of reagents (i.e., a retainer in the stationary phase and an eluter in the mobile phase).2019, Nelu Grinberg, Sonia Rodriguez, Ewing's Analytical Instrumentation Handbook, page 833:
  • As a result, fast eluters move in one direction in the loop and slow eluters effectively move in the opposite direction.2023, Timothy C. Frank, Bruce S. Holden, Industrial Chemical Separation:

Forms of eluter

pluraleluters

Origin of eluter

From elute + -er.

Words formed from eluter

Questions about eluter

What does eluter mean?
Eluter means something that elutes; a solvent or mechanism for separating out or removing a chemical substance from another.
How do you use eluter in a sentence?
pH-Zone-refining CCC uses a set of reagents (i.e., a retainer in the stationary phase and an eluter in the mobile phase).
What part of speech is eluter?
Eluter is a noun.
What is the plural of eluter?
The plural of eluter is eluters.

Words near eluter in the dictionary

  1. elutable
  2. elutant
  3. elutants
  4. elute
  5. eluted
  6. eluter
  7. eluters
  8. elutes
  9. eluting
  10. elution
  11. elutions

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