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kinetic electrolyte effect (kinetic ionic-strength effect) kinetic equivalence

kinetic energy, E k

Energy of motion: for a body of mass m,
E k = m v 2 2,
where v is the speed.
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Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 12
PAC, 1996, 68, 957 (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 978
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