Permeance vs Permeant - What's the difference?
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A measure of the degree to which a material allows a fluid to permeate it.
(physics) The reciprocal of reluctance in a magnetic circuit; the analogue of conductance in an electrical circuit.
(biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer
(biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer
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Permeance is a related term of permeant.
As nouns the difference between permeance and permeant
is that permeance is a measure of the degree to which a material allows a fluid to permeate it while permeant is (biochemistry) a substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.As an adjective permeant is
(biochemistry) able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.permeance
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(wikipedia permeance)Noun
(en-noun)References
*permeant
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Adjective
(en adjective)- a permeant ion species
Antonyms
* impermeantNoun
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