convex isotherm
in chromatography
Distribution isotherm
, the slope of which is continuously decreasing.
Note:
The resulting chromatographic peak is
tailing
. Adsorption isotherms are often of this type. A special case is the Langmuir adsorption isotherm.
Source:
PAC, 1996,
68
, 1591
(Nomenclature for non-linear chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 1593