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diffusion coefficient

A measure of a molecule's ability to travel through a solution, propelled by Brownian movement; expressed as RT/Nf (cm2·s-1), where R is the gas constant, T is the absolute temperature, N is Avogadro's number and f is the frictional coefficient.

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