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physicochemical Definition

physico·chemi·cal (fiz′i kō′kemi kəl)

adjective

  1. of or pertaining to both physical and chemical properties, changes, and reactions
  2. of or according to physical chemistry

Etymology: physico- + chemical

physicochemical Related Forms
phys′ico·chemi·cally adverb
physicochemical Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • characterisation: For example, to allow dust samples to be introduced into the ATOFMS for physicochemical characterisation.
  • parameter: The predictions of the three physicochemical parameters will be independently verified experimentally.
  • aspect: Despite many years of industrial use precious little is known concerning the physicochemical aspects of such processes.
  • environment: The carrier phase provides the optimized physicochemical environment and the process can be operated at constant permeate flux and constant mass transfer coefficient.
  • study: This prevailing view has been considerably refined during the past decade in the light of physicochemical studies of membrane lipids ( Ref.