Title: ideal dilute solution
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - ideal dilute solution
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.I02934
Status: current

Definition
Dilute solution in which the solute may be regarded as obeying Henry's law, so that all the solute activity coefficients may be approximated to 1.

Related Terms
- Dilute solution: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/D01739
- Henry's law: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/H02783
- activity coefficients: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00116

Source
- Physical Chemistry Division, unpublished

Related Reference
- PAC, 1994, 66, 533. 'Standard quantities in chemical thermodynamics. Fugacities, activities and equilibrium constants for pure and mixed phases (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 545 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466030533)

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Citation: Citation: 'ideal dilute solution' 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.I02934
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