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HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

The tendency of hydrocarbons (or of lipophilic hydrocarbon-like groups in solutes) to form intermolecular aggregates in an aqueous medium, and analogous intramolecular interactions.

OBS

The name arises from the attribution of the phenomenon to the apparent repulsion between water and hydrocarbons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Tendance des hydrocarbures (ou, dans les solutés, des groupes lipophiles analogues aux hydrocarbures) à former des agrégats intermoléculaires en milieu aqueux (ou des interactions intramoléculaires analogues).

OBS

Le nom produit de l'attribution du phénomène à des répulsions apparentes entre l'eau et les hydrocarbures.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
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