Sieverts’ law

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-013552",
  "term": "Sieverts’ law",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A relation under which the concentration of a diatomic gas dissolved in a metal varies as the square root of the equilibrium pressure of the gas. The square root appears because each molecule splits into two atoms on dissolving, as in the reaction ½H2 giving H in the metal, so the law applies to gases that dissociate in the lattice. It is applied to hydrogen in palladium, and deviations from it appear at high hydrogen content.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "solubility constant"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2008, 80, 233. 'Glossary of terms related to solubility (IUPAC Recommendations 2008)' on page 263 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200880020233)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/sieverts-law/"
}