The property of certain substances, usually ions (e.g., SCN-, ClO4-, guanidinium), to disrupt the structure of water and thereby promote the solubility of nonpolar substances in polar solvents (e.g., water), the unfolding of proteins, the elution from or movement through a chromatographic medium of an otherwise tightly bound substance, etc. ... Ori...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kā′ō-trōp′izm Definitions: 1. Property of some substances, usually ions (SCN−, ClO
4−, guanidinium), to disrupt the structure of water and thereby promote the solubility of nonpolar substances in polar solvents (water), the unfolding of proteins, the elution from or movement...
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