Henry's law
Henry's law
Noun
1. (chemistry) law formulated by the English chemist William Henry; the amount of a gas that will be absorbed by water increases as the gas pressure increases
(hypernym) law, law of nature
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
Henry's Law (Henry's law constant)
Henry's law predicts that the solubility (C) of a gas or volatile substance in a liquid is proportional to the partial pressure (P) of the substance over the liquid:
P = k C
where k is called the Henry's law constant and is characteristic of the solvent and the solute.
Henry's law