CHEMISTRY GLOSSARY

amount fraction    →   količinski udio

Amount fraction, x_A, (y for gaseous mixtures) is the ratio of the amount of substance (number of moles) of substance A to the total amount of substance in a mixture.

fraction    →   udio

Fraction is a ratio of two quantities of the same kind, the numerator quantity applying to one constituent (or part) of the system and the denominator to the sum of quantities for all constituents (parts) of the system. When applied to mixtures fractions represent a group of three quantities: mass fraction, volume fraction and amount fraction (or mole fraction equal to the number fraction).

molar fraction    →   molarni udio

See Amount fraction

mole fraction    →   molni udio

See Amount fraction

mole ratio    →   količinski omjer

Mole ratio is equal to a proportion of one component quantity (n_A) and the quantity of other component (n_B).

mass fraction    →   maseni udio

Mass fraction (w_A) is the ratio of the mass of substance A to the total mass of a mixture.

volume fraction    →   volumenski udio

Volume fraction (φ_A) is defined as

where V_A is the volume of the specified component and the V_i are the volumes of all the components of a mixture prior to mixing.

amount concentration    →   količinska koncentracija

Amount concentration (also called molar concentration and in older literature molarity) is the amount of a given substance in a stated unit of a mixture, solution, or ore. The common unit is mole per cubic decimetre (moldm⁻³) or mole per litre (molL^-1) sometimes denoted by M.

The concentration of an atom, ion, or molecule in a solution may be symbolised by the use of square brackets, as [Ca²⁺].

solution composition    →   sastav otopine

Solutions are homogenous mixtures of several components. The component which is found in a greater quantity is called the solvent and the other components are called solutes. Quantitative composition of a solution can be expressed by concentration (amount, mass, volume and number), by fraction (amount, mass, and volume), ratio (amount, mass, and volume) and by molality. Amount, mass, and volume ratio are numerical, nondimensional units and are frequently expressed as percentage (% = 1/100), promile (‰ = 1/1000) or parts per million (ppm = 1/1 000 000). If it is not defined, it is always related to the mass ratio.

absorptance    →   apsorptancija

Absorptance (α) is the ratio of the radiant or luminous flux in a given spectral interval absorbed in a medium to that of the incident radiation. Also called absorption factor.