fugacity
n.
tendency to fade early, tendency to fall early (Botany); transitoriness
Fugacity
Fugacity is a measure of
chemical potential in the form of 'adjusted pressure.' It directly relates to the tendency of a substance to prefer one phase (liquid, solid, gas) over another. At a fixed
temperature and
pressure, water will have a different fugacity for each phase. The phase with the lowest fugacity will be the most favorable; the substance minimizes
Gibbs free energy. The concept of fugacity was introduced by American chemist
Gilbert N. Lewis in his paper "The osmotic pressure of concentrated solutions, and the laws of the perfect solution."
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fugacity
Noun
1. the tendency of a gas to expand or escape
(hypernym) physical property
2. the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)
(synonym) fugaciousness
(hypernym) transience, transiency, transitoriness
(classification) plant, flora, plant life
Fugacity
(a.)
Uncertainty; instability.
(a.)
The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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fugacity
Synonyms and related words:
caducity, changeableness, corruptibility, death, ephemerality, ephemeralness, evanescence, finitude, fleetingness, impermanence, impermanency, instability, momentariness, mortality, mutability, perishability, transience, transiency, transientness, transitoriness, volatility
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