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partition ratio

Expressed as KD, it's the ratio of the concentration of a substance in a single definite form, A, in the extract to its concentration in the same form in the other phase at equilibrium, e.g. for an aqueous/organic system:

KD(A) = (A)orgc/(A)caq

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