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Permeative vs Permeant - What's the difference?

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Permeative is a related term of permeant.


As an adjective 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.

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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