countercurrent extraction

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countercurrent extraction [′kau̇nt·ər‚kər·ənt ‚ek′strak·shən]

(chemical engineering)

A liquid-liquid extraction process in which the solvent and the process stream in contact with each other flow in opposite directions. Also known as countercurrent separation.

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