English Explanatory Dictionary

van 't Hoff's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The generalization that, when a system is in equilibrium, of the two opposed interactions, the endothermic is promoted by raising the temperature and the exothermic by lowering it.

Word forms

van 't Hoff's law

Etymology

Named after J. H. van 't Hoff.

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