'Van't Hoff's law' definitions:
Definition of 'Van't Hoff's law'
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- Van't Hoff's law \Van't Hoff's law\ [After J. H. van't Hoff, Dutch physical chemist.] (Phys. Chem.) The generalization that: when a system is in equilibrium, of the two opposed interactions the endothermic is promoted by raising the temperature, the exothermic by lowering it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]