Permeation vs Permeant - What's the difference?
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The movement of a fluid through a porous or permeable solid.
(medicine) The spreading of something (especially something malignant) through the body via blood vessels etc.
(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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Permeant is a related term of permeation.
As nouns the difference between permeation and permeant
is that permeation is the movement of a fluid through a porous or permeable solid while permeant is a substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer.As an adjective permeant is
able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer.permeation
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(wikipedia permeation) (-)Anagrams
*permeant
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(en adjective)- a permeant ion species
Antonyms
* impermeantNoun
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