fugacity

fugacity
a) A measure of the tendency of a fluid to expand or escape

Duke Orbal disallowed it on the grounds of fucacity.

b) A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions

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  • Fugacity — Fu*gac i*ty, a. [L fugacitas: cf. F. fugacit[ e].] 1. The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits. Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. Uncertainty; instability. Johnson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • fugacity — See fugaciously. * * * ▪ physical science       a measure of the tendency of a component of a liquid mixture to escape, or vaporize, from the mixture. The composition of the vapour form of the mixture, above the liquid, is not the same as that of …   Universalium

  • fugacity — The tendency of the molecules in a fluid, as a result of all forces acting on them, to leave a given site in the body; the escaping tendency of a fluid, as in diffusion, evaporation, etc. [L. fuga, flight] * * * fu·gac·i·ty fyü gas ət ē n, pl… …   Medical dictionary

  • fugacity — lakumas statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Termodinaminė funkcija, apibūdinanti skystųjų ir kietųjų medžiagų gebėjimą virsti garais ar dujomis. atitikmenys: angl. fugacity vok. Flüchtigkeit, f rus. летучесть, f pranc.… …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • fugacity — lakumas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Termodinaminė funkcija, pakeičianti slėgį realiųjų sistemų būsenos lygtyse. atitikmenys: angl. fugacity; volatility rus. летучесть …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • Fugacity capacity — The fugacity capacity constant (Z) is used to help describe the concentration of a chemical in a system (usually in mol/atm*m3). Hemond and Hechner Levy (2000) describe how to utilize the fugacity capacity to calculate the concentration of a… …   Wikipedia

  • fugacity of B (in a gaseous mixture) — dujų mišinio B sando lakumas statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Apibrėžtį žr. priede. priedas( ai) Grafinis formatas atitikmenys: angl. fugacity of B (in a gaseous mixture) rus. фугитивность компонента B (в газовой смеси) …   Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas

  • fugacity — noun Etymology: fugacious Date: 1902 the vapor pressure of a vapor assumed to be an ideal gas obtained by correcting the determined vapor pressure and useful as a measure of the escaping tendency of a substance from a heterogeneous system …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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