leaches in English

verb
1
(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.
the nutrient is quickly leached away
synonyms:drainfilterpercolateseepfiltratestrain
noun
verb

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1. Acidity leaches out essential nutrients —calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium

2. 8 But, with heavier stocking, even grass leaches more nitrate.

3. Formaldehyde leaches into the air from such construction materials as floorboards and furniture.

4. Acid rain also leaches toxic metals, such as mercury, from soils and sediments.

5. As the water sinks deeper and deeper into the earth, it leaches minerals from the rocks.

6. Water moving downward through the relatively porous material leaches out basic elements (eg, calcium), and acidic conditions develop.

7. As the water leaches the salt, the cavity ceiling rises higher and higher, and the cavity itself moves upward.

8. Bauxite is a soft limonite iron ore rock with portions of its iron composition replaced by aluminum. Bauxite forms when silica leaches out from laterite soil

9. It leaches out of plastic into liquids and foods, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found measurable amounts of BPA in the bodies of more than 90 percent of the U.S. population studied.

10. We have encountered two major problems with bioethanol blends sold in Ireland: the first relates to the Bioethanols’ affinity with water – when petrol containing bioethanol comes in contact with water, the latter leaches out the ethanol and forms an aqueous layer at the bottom of a tank.

11. The present invention leaches platinum groups from industrial waste containing platinum group metals (platinum (Pt), ruthenium (Ru), osmium (Os), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), palladium (Pd)), adsorbs onto an absorbent platinum group metal ions inside a leachate, desorbs the platinum group metal ions attached to the adsorbent using a desorbent to recover high concentration platinum group metal ion mixed solution, and also, recover the platinum group metal ions in the metallic form by ashing the adsorbent having the platinum group metal ions attached thereto.