Ostwald dilution law
(also Ostwald's dilution law) Physical Chemical
noun
A law stating that for dilute solutions of a binary electrolyte the square of the degree of dissociation of the solute, multiplied by its concentration, and divided by one minus the degree of dissociation, is a constant for the solute.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of Physical Chemistry.
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