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In the gas chromatography literature, the process and outcome of equilibrium is often called partition. The partition coefficient is the ratio of solute concentrations in each phase.

Chemists now prefer to reserve partition for liquid‐liquid systems. For gas‐liquid systems, the equivalent term is distribution, and the ratio of the solute concentrations in the gas and liquid phases is called the distribution constant.