ART. 9. — G. N. POTDAK, : ON THE PARTITION 



TABLE 1. 



Compositiun vi the lighter layer. Comyusitiun uf the heavier layer. 



As can readily be seen, the partition coefficient of silver between 

 the lighter and the heavier layer varies continuously with the 

 concentration, and this leads us to infer the existence of such 

 molecular complexes as Aff,, or Ag^ Zn,,, in the former. But the 

 concentrations of silver in the lighter layer as studied, are nearly 

 all so high that the laws of dilute solutions can no longer be 

 applied. Yet their results, especially in the region where the 

 concentration of silver in the lighter phase is not too small, 

 appear to deserve closer study. The triangular diagram shown 

 in Fig. 1 has been drawn using Wright and Thompson's data. 

 The characteristic change of curvature between lO«^ and 40 Ç^ 

 of silver in the lighter phase, mirrowed in miniature towards 

 the lead end of the heavier phase branch, is very interesting as 



