transphilic

comparative more transphilic · superlative most transphilic

1. derogatoryrareExhibiting transphilia.
2. chemistryHaving both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.

   The transphilic acid (TPHA) fraction ("transphilic" meaning fraction of intermediate polarity isolated from the XAD-4 resin) was found to incorporate […]

   2003, JP Croué, "Evidence for the presence of nitrogenous binding site" (National Institutes of Health)

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   ... transphilic acids, which is consistent with the observation that the fulvic acids had a higher SUVA than the transphilic acids. By contrast, transphilic acids contained a higher proportion of sugars and amino sugars[…]

   2000, Jean-Phillipe Croue, Gregory V. Korshin, Mark M. Benjamin, Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water, American Water Works Association, →ISBN, page 41

   ... transphilic and hydrophilic fractions pass through. Subsequent application of trans/hydrophilic fractions to the XAD-4 resin retained the transphilic fraction, while the hydrophilic fraction passed through. The hydrophobic and transphilic[…]

   2005 May 31, Gerald E. Speitel Jr, P. Pope, M. Robin Collins, M. Martin-Doole, Disinfection By-Product Formation and Control During Chloramination, American Water Works Association, →ISBN, page 23

   ... (transphilic fraction, or TPH) or with NaOH at pH 13 (transphilic acids, or TPHA). The transphilic NOM fraction accounts for 10 to 30% of the NOM. The hydrophilic fraction (HPI) is the material that is not retained by either[…]

   2005, Michèle Prévost, Biodegradable Organic Matter in Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution

   ... transphilic neutrals, (5)hydrophilic NOM, and (6)transphilic acids.The LCOCD and XAD fractionation, as well as other related methods, are discussed in detail elsewhere[7]. The sensitivity of DOC and related methods depends primarily on the […]

   2011 August 26, Comprehensive Biotechnology, Newnes, →ISBN

   ... transphilic organic acid, and (d) hydrophilic fractions of a water sample from the Yukon River at Pilot Station, Alaska. (See Plate 2.) whole water sample are often found in the hydrophobic fractions containing aquatic humic substances[…]

   2014 July 14, Paula G. Coble, Jamie Lead, Andy Baker, Darren M. Reynolds, Robert G. M. Spencer, Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 44