Permeability

Look up permeability, impermeability, impermeable, permeable, or semipermeable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Permeability, permeable, and semipermeable may refer to:

Chemistry

• Drug permeability
• Semipermeable membrane, a membrane which will allow certain molecules or ions to pass through it by diffusion
• Vascular permeability, the movement of fluids and molecules between the vascular and extravascular compartments
• Permeation of a gas or vapor through a solid substance

Earth and soil science

• Permeability (earth sciences), a measure of the ability of a material (such as rocks) to transmit fluids
  • Relative permeability, in multiphase flow in porous media
• Permeability (foundry sand), a test of the venting characteristics of a rammed foundry sand
• Hydraulic conductivity, the permeability of soil for water

Electromagnetism

• Permeability (electromagnetism), the degree of magnetization of a material in response to a magnetic field
  • Vacuum permeability, permeability of free space or magnetic constant, a physical constant, the value of magnetic permeability in a classical vacuum

Vehicles and transport

• Permeability (nautical), in ship design, the percentage of empty space in a compartment or tank
• Permeability (spatial and transport planning), the extent to which the layout of urban forms enables people or vehicles to move in different directions

Other uses

• Air permeability, characteristic of textile fabrics, measuring the ease of passage of air through them
• "Impermeable" (song), a song by Ha*Ash
• Permeable Press, an American publishing company

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