A
sedimentation method based on the fact that at the meniscus and at the bottom of the centrifuge
cell there is never a flux of the solute across a plane perpendicular to the radial
direction and the equations characterizing the
sedimentation equilibrium always apply there, even though the system as a whole may be far from equilibrium.
The use of the term '
approach to sedimentation equilibrium' for Archibald's method is discouraged, since it has a more general meaning.
Source:
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
