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- (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
How To Use Henry's law In A Sentence
- Assessment of the chemical fate requires knowledge of many factors including: organic carbon and water partitioning at equilibrium (Koc) chemical partitioning between soil and water (Kd) partitioning between air and water (Henry's Law Constant) solubility constants vapor pressures partitioning between water and octanol (Kow) bioconcentration factors Risk assessment of chemical substances
- And Henry's law constant is going to tell you whether or not that enthalpy of interaction is favorable or not favorable.