concave isotherm
in chromatography
Distribution isotherm
, the slope of which is continuously increasing.
Note:
The resulting chromatographic peak is
fronting
. In
gas-liquid chromatography
, overloading often results in a concave isotherm.
Source:
PAC, 1996,
68
, 1591
(Nomenclature for non-linear chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 1593