selectivity diagram
selectivity diagram
[sə‚lek′tiv·əd·ē ′dī·ə‚gram] (chemical engineering)
A triangular plot of solubilities in a ternary liquid system; used to calculate the ability of a solvent to extract a component from a mixture (its selectivity) at various concentration combinations.
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