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Impermeant vs Permeant - What's the difference?

impermeant | permeant | Antonyms |

Impermeant is an antonym of permeant.


As adjectives the difference between impermeant and permeant

is that impermeant is that cannot permeate through a specified semipermeable membrane while permeant is (biochemistry) able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.

As a noun permeant is

(biochemistry) a substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.

impermeant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That cannot permeate through a specified semipermeable membrane

    • permeant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer
    • a permeant ion species

    Antonyms

    * impermeant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer
  • * {{quote-book, 2004, , Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, volume=4, editors=Kirk et al. citation
    • , passage=The overall movement of permeants through a polymer is called permeation, which is a multistep process.}}

    Related terms

    * permeable * permeance * permeation * permeative

    Anagrams

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