Treatment of the solvent for re-cycling, e.g. by removal of degradation products or
non-strippable solutes. The term solvent purification is synonymous, but the terms
scrubbing,
stripping and washing should not be used in this context.
Source:
PAC, 1993, 65, 2373
(Nomenclature for liquid-liquid distribution (solvent extraction) (IUPAC Recommendations
1993))
on page 2389