Miscibility

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  • miscibility
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  • The tendency or capacity of two or more liquids to form a uniform blend, that is, to dissolve in each other; degrees are total miscibility, partial miscibility, and immiscibility.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Miscibility (/ˌmɪsɪˈbɪlɪti/) is the property of two substances to mix in all proportions (that is, to fully dissolve in each other at any concentration), forming a homogeneous mixture (a solution). The term is most often applied to liquids but also applies to solids and gases. For example, water and ethanol are miscible because they mix in all proportions. By contrast, substances are said to be immiscible if there are certain proportions in which the mixture does not form a solution. For one example, oil is not soluble in water, so these two solvents are immiscible. As another example, butanone (methyl ethyl ketone) is significantly soluble in water, but these two solvents are also immiscible because in some proportions the mixture will separate into two phases.

    混和性(英:miscibility)は、2つの物質があらゆる比率で混ぜ合わされる性質(すなわち、お互い任意の濃度で完全に溶解する状態)を言い、その結果、均一な溶液となる。その用語は液体に対し使われることが多いが、固体や気体でも使われる。例えば、水とエタノールは、あらゆる比率で混合するので、混和性があるという。 逆に、混合物が溶液を形成しない比率があるときには、非混和(英:immiscibility)であるという。例えば、油は水に溶けず、これら二つの溶媒は非混和である、一方、ブタノン(メチルエチルケトン)は水にかなり溶けるが、すべての比率では溶解しないので、これらの溶媒も非混和である。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Miscibility)