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Noun: extractant
  1. An immiscible liquid used to extract a substance from another liquid.
    "Copper can be extracted using hydroxyoximes as extractants."

Derived forms: extractants

Type of: dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent

Encyclopedia: Extractant

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