Etymology

van 't Hoff's law

Today it means: The generalization that, when a system is in equilibrium, of the two opposed interactions, the endothermic is promoted by raising the temperature and the exothermic by lowering it. Full definition →

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Named after J. H. van 't Hoff.

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