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Partition coefficient (Chemistry)

LC control no.sh 97001192
Topical headingPartition coefficient (Chemistry)
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Variant(s)Coefficient, Partition (Chemistry)
Distribution coefficient (Chemistry)
Distribution constant (Chemistry)
Distribution law (Chemistry)
Distribution ratio (Chemistry)
Nernst's distribution law
Partition coefficients (Chemistry)
Partition constant (Chemistry)
Partition law (Chemistry)
Partition ratio (Chemistry)
See alsoSolution (Chemistry)
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Found inWork cat.: 96-52451: Sangster, J. Octanol-water partition coefficients, 1997: CIP galley (when a third substance is added to a system of two immiscible liquids, it will tend to distribute itself between the two solvents until, at equilibrium, the ratio of the concentrations of the distributed substance will attain a certain value called the partition or distribution ratio (or constant or coefficient); distribution or partition law)
Comprehensive dict. phys. chem. (Nernst's distribution law; partition or distribution coefficients; partition law)