Concept: leaching in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/4722
Preferred label leaching
Definition 1) The process of separating a liquid from a solid (as in waste liquid by percolation into the surrounding soil. 2) Extraction of soluble components of a solid mixture by percolating a solvent through it. 3) To lose or cause to lose soluble substances by the action of a percolating liquid.
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • suotoliukeneminen, eluutio [fi]
Has broader
Has close match
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