An extraction operation or process in which a metal from one phase is exchanged with the equivalent amount of a second metal from the other phase.
Notes: - This term may be used in connection with any step (e.g. loading, @S05511@ or @S06054@ in a process).
- This applies also to organic or molecular species.
See also: crowding (in solvent extraction)
Source:
PAC, 1993, 65, 2373. 'Nomenclature for liquid-liquid distribution (solvent extraction) (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)' on page 2387 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199365112373)