Backwash
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- In uranium leaching, flushing from below of colloidal slime from ion exchange column after adsorption cycle. The cleaning of sand filters.
- Water or waves thrown back by an obstruction such as a ship, breakwater, cliff, etc. AGI
- The return flow of water seaward on a beach after the advance of a wave. See also: backrush
Source: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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