Van't hoff factor

From Glossary of Meteorology



Van't Hoff factor

The effective number of moles of ions in solution per molecule of salt.

For dilute aqueous solutions, it is the number of ions in a molecule; it influences colligative properties such as solution freezing point depression in mixed cloud nuclei.


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