Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

van 't hoff factor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: van 't hof-f -fac-tor
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A measure of the effect of a solute upon colligative properties such as osmotic pressure, relative lowering in vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point, and depression of freezing point. It is the ratio between the actual concentration of particles produced when the substance is dissolved, and the concentration of a substance as calculated from its mass.

Etymology

Named after J. H. van 't Hoff.

Inflected Forms

van 't Hoff factors (plural)

Questions

What does van 't hoff factor mean?: A measure of the effect of a solute upon colligative properties such as osmotic pressure, relative lowering in vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point, and depression of freezing point. It is the ratio between the actual concentration of particles produced when the substance is dissolved, and the concentration of a substance as calculated from its mass.
Where does van 't hoff factor come from?: Named after J. H. van 't Hoff.

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