Polymer vs Permeant - What's the difference?
polymer | permeant |
(organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
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, title= (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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, passage=The overall movement of permeants through a polymer is called permeation, which is a multistep process.}}
As nouns the difference between polymer and permeant
is that polymer is polymer 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.polymer
English
(wikipedia polymer)Noun
(en noun)Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
Derived terms
* biopolymer * inorganic polymer * oligopolymer * polymeric * polymerizeSee also
* dimer * monomer * oligomer * trimer * superpolymer ----permeant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a permeant ion species
Antonyms
* impermeantNoun
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