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Concentration vs Lyotropic - What's the difference?

concentration | lyotropic |

As a noun concentration

is the act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.

As an adjective lyotropic is

describing a liquid crystal that exhibits phase transitions as a function of concentration.

concentration

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
  • # The direction of attention to a specific object.
  • # The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
  • # The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
  • A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
  • The proportion of a substance in a whole.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell, magazine=(American Scientist)
  • , title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
  • # (chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
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  • Coordinate terms

    * (course of study) major, minor

    See also

    * salinity

    lyotropic

    Adjective

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  • (chemistry, physics) describing a liquid crystal that exhibits phase transitions as a function of concentration
  • * 1910 , The Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume 14, pp. 628–629
  • *:“We can however say that, with electrolytes, the effects are always lyotropic. Sulphates, tartrates, etc., raise the point of solidification, decrease the period of solidification, and increase the rate of change of the viscosity with the time. They therefore help the solidification.”
  • * 1910 , The British Journal of Photography, volume 57, p. 631:
  • *:It is interesting to note that sulphates head of of Freundlich’s lyotropic series; but I fear that this is merely a coincidence.
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