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concentration gradient

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. the gradual difference in concentration of a dissolved substance in a solution between a region of high density and one of lower density.


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"The framework for analyzing this collective behavior resides in the fundamental pheromone concentration gradient, then working from there," Karamched said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024

This research builds on earlier work in which the same authors showed how a single catalyst molecule could use energy from the reaction it catalyzed to undergo directional motion in a concentration gradient.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2023

The authors' "Eureka moment" occurred when, in their discussion, they realized that a property of every catalyst known as the kinetic asymmetry controls the direction of response to a concentration gradient.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2023

This alone accumulates a small electrical charge, but a big concentration gradient.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In solutions of more than one substance, each type of molecule diffuses according to its own concentration gradient.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

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