partition coefficient

partition coefficient
partition coefficient n the ratio of the amounts of a substance distributed between two immiscible phases (as two liquids or a stationary and a mobile phase in chromatography) at equilibrium called also distribution coefficient

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the ratio in which a given substance distributes itself between two or more different phases; called also distribution c.

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