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leach something away (from something) and leach something out (of something); leach something out; leach something away to remove something from something by leaching. The heavy rains leached nutrients away from the soil. The rains leached away the nutrients. See also: away leach away [for something] to erode or wash away gradually by leaching. The soft sandstone leached away under the constant rains. The flowerpots sat out in the rain, where all the nutrients in the soil leached away. See also: away leach in (to something) [for a substance] to seep or penetrate into something. The salt leached into the soil and ruined it. A tremendous amount of salt leached in. leach out of something [for a substance] to seep or drain out of something. All the nutrients leached out of the soil and nothing would grow. The phosphorus leached out of the soil after a few years. See also: out How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The behavior was characterized by leaching the pulps and dividing the leached material into four different fractions representing wash loss, easily leachable, slowly leachable and stagnant fractions of the lignin in pulps. Controlled tests (Table 1) show that waste sand from shell cores and molds often contain less leachable phenols than waste sand from most other common core and mold processes. UPDATED INFERRED RESOURCE -------------------------------------------------------------------- Contained Leachable Cut-off Grade Tonnes Copper Grade Copper Copper (% Cu) (Million) (% Cu) (Billion lbs) (% of Deposit) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. |
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