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chemical potential

American

noun

Thermodynamics.

a quantity that determines the transport of matter from one phase to another: a component will flow from one phase to another when the chemical potential of the component is greater in the first phase than in the second.

chemical potential British

noun

μ. a thermodynamic function of a substance in a system that is the partial differential of the Gibbs function of the system with respect to the number of moles of the substance

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When an antimuon encounters a free electron, the two form a muonium atom with positive chemical potential.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

That chemical potential effectively drives the newly formed atom out of the liquid.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

This movement is driven by differences in oxygen chemical potential.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

This process is the intake of one form of energy—light—by plants and its conversion to chemical potential energy.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Borne by the whole of the organism, it will wait until an excess of chemical potential is supplied to it before it performs any work.

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