VAN'T HOFF'S LAW


Meaning of VAN'T HOFF'S LAW in English

-ȯfs-. -äfs- noun

Usage: usually capitalized H

Etymology: after Jacobus H. van't Hoff died 1911 Du. physical chemist

: a statement in physical chemistry: for a system in equilibrium an increase in temperature increases the rate of the reaction absorbing heat — compare le chatelier's law

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