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An important quantitative relation which holds in heterogeneous systems is the partition (or distribution) law, enunciated by Berthelot and E. C. Jungfleisch.1 This states that a solute distributes itself between two immiscible (e.g. water and benzene) or partially miscible (e.g. water and ether) solvents in such a way that the ratio of its concentrations in each at a particular temperature is constant: c 1/c 2 = k. Some apparent exceptions were shown independently by Nernst2 and Aulich3 to depend on the different molecular weights of the solute in the two solvents.
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© 1964 J. R. Partington
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Partington, J.R. (1964). Solutions. In: A History of Chemistry. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00554-3_20
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