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THE thermodynamic law for the partition of a solute between two immiscible or partially miscible solvents is: a = K a′ where a and a′ are the activities in the two phases, and K is a constant. This law is frequently used to determine a′ when a is known1; but we are unaware of any instance in which independent determinations of a and a′ have been compared with measured partition data.
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MCKAY, H., MILES, J. The Partition Law in Solvent Extraction. Nature 199, 65–66 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199065a0
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