Title: mean volume rate
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - mean volume rate
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.M03787
Status: current

Definition
The volume of a specified component changed in or moved to or from a system divided by the time during which the component was changed or moved.

Related Term
- clearance: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/CT01101

Sources
- PAC, 1979, 51, 2451. 'Quantities and Units in Clinical Chemistry' on page 2474 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197951122451)
- PAC, 1996, 68, 957. 'Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)' on page 980 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668040957)

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Citation: Citation: 'mean volume rate' 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.M03787
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