Title: multistage countercurrent distribution
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - multistage countercurrent distribution
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10217
Status: current

Definition
Multistage countercurrent separation based on a discontinuous, differential migration process employing stepwise extraction.

Related Term
- countercurrent separation: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/10170

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 517. 'Glossary of terms used in extraction (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 535 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0903)

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Citation: Citation: 'multistage countercurrent distribution' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10217
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