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Permeation vs Permeant - What's the difference?

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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

English

Noun

(wikipedia permeation) (-)
  • 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.
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    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.}}

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