Glossary: Miscellaneous

immiscible. immiscibility. Compare with miscible and partial miscibility.

Two liquids are considered "immiscible" or unmixable if shaking equal volumes of the liquids together results in a meniscus visible between two layers of liquid. If the liquids are completely immiscible, the volumes of the liquid layers are the same as the volumes of liquids orginally added to the mixture.

miscible. miscibility; liquid miscibility. Compare with immiscible and partial miscibility.

Two liquids are considered "miscible" or mixable if shaking them together results in a single liquid phase, with no meniscus visible between layers of liquid.

partial miscibility. partially miscible. Compare with miscible and immiscible.

Two liquids are considered partially miscible if shaking equal volumes of the liquids together results in a meniscus visible between two layers of liquid, but the volumes of the layers are not identical to the volumes of the liquids originally added.

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