ION EXCHANGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ion exchange mean? 

• ION EXCHANGE (noun)
  The noun ION EXCHANGE has 1 sense:

1. a process in which ions are exchanged between a solution and an insoluble (usually resinous) solid; widely used in industrial processing

  Familiarity information: ION EXCHANGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ION EXCHANGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A process in which ions are exchanged between a solution and an insoluble (usually resinous) solid; widely used in industrial processing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("ion exchange" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

 Context examples 

Inhibition of CA IX and XII results in interference with ion exchange and pH in hypoxic tumor tissue and preventing chemoresistance to weakly basic antineoplastic agents.

(Indisulam, NCI Thesaurus)

Concept does not refer to ion exchange, air ionization, and phonophoresis.

(Iontophoresis Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The stationary phase was packed in a column with materials that can be of any partitioning capability, adsorption, ion exchange, or affinity.

(Column Chromatography, NCI Thesaurus)

Such techniques include ion exchange columns, gel filtration methods, affinity chromatography, HPLC, aqueous two phase partitioning, and membrane separation.

(Biomolecule Separation Technology, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatments to remove arsenic contamination, mostly associated with water drawn from deep, subterranean sources using borewells, include the use of lime, various coagulants, osmotic membrane filters or ion exchange processes.

(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)

A surface-reactive glass-ceramic biomaterial that is capable of ion exchange and hydrolysis.

(Bioactive Glass Product, NCI Thesaurus)

When the neural signal of a seizure is detected by the electrodes, the ion pump is activated, creating an electric field that moves the drug across an ion exchange membrane and out of the device, a process known as electrophoresis.

(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)