activity

in thermodynamics
synonym: relative activity
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00115
Defined by the equation \[a = e^{\frac{\mu - \mu^{o}}{R\,T}}\] where \(R\) is the gas constant, \(T\) the thermodynamic temperature, \(\mu\) the chemical potential and \(\mu^{o}\) the standard chemical potential the definition of which depends on the choice of the standard state.
Sources:
Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 49 [Terms] [Book]
PAC, 1996, 68, 957. (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 989 [Terms] [Paper]