12249 IUPAC Gold Book - equilibrium sedimentation method 10.1351/goldbook.12249 12249 current synonym: sedimentation-equilibrium method 1 Experimental method by which the distribution of the concentration of the solute or dispersed component in a dilute solution or dispersion along the centrifuge cell is measured at sedimentation equilibrium, and the results are interpreted in terms of the molar masses of the solute species or their distribution functions, or both. dilute solution https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12227 molar masses https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12214 PAC, 2015, 87, 71. 'Definitions of terms relating to individual macromolecules, macromolecular assemblies, polymer solutions, and amorphous bulk polymers (IUPAC Recommendations 2014)' on page 99 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2013-0201) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12249/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12249/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12249/plain Citation: 'equilibrium sedimentation method' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.12249 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-06-13T16:05:01+00:00