fractionation has definitions from the field of chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components

Used in print

(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)

After their work other investigators applied salt fractionation techniques to the problem , as_well_as fractionation with organic solvents , such_as acetone .

After their work other investigators applied salt fractionation techniques to the problem , as_well_as fractionation with organic solvents , such_as acetone .

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[ noun ] separation into portions

Used in print

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

These include low-temperature ethanol ( Cohn ) fractionation , electrophoresis , ultracentrifugation and column_chromatography on ion_exchange celluloses .

Fahey and Morrison used a single , continuous gradient at constant pH for the fractionation of anti - A and anti - B agglutinins from preisolated � g-globulin samples .

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