kosmotropic

English

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Adjective

kosmotropic (comparative more kosmotropic, superlative most kosmotropic)

  1. (physics, chemistry) Describing ions (normally small, with a high charge density) that stabilize intermolecular interactions in water, especially by stabilizing hydrogen bonds

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