miscibility gap
Physical Chemical
noun
The range of compositions (for given values of pressure and temperature) for which a mixture of two or more substances that are only partially soluble in each other will separate into two phases or layers, each with a different composition; the region on a phase diagram that represents this composition range.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Science.
- get off the ground (or get something off the ground)
- get off the mark
- get on
- get one's act together
- get one's arse into gear
- get one's breath (back)
- get one's cards
- get one's claws into
- get one's creative juices flowing
- get one's end in
- get one's feet under the table
- get one's feet wet
- get one's fingers burned/burnt (or burn one's fingers)
- get one's hands dirty (or dirty one's hands)
- get one's head down
- get one's head round (or around)
- get one's hooks into
- get one's jollies
- get one's kit off
- get one's knickers in a twist
- get one's leg over
- get one's nose in front
- ribophorin
- ribose
- riboside