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Phase Definition
Phase glossary definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Avogadro's Number Definition
Avogadro's Number glossary definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Atomic Mass Unit Definition (amu)
Atomic Mass Unit (amu) glossary definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Condensation Definition
Condensation definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Glass Transition Temperature Definition
Glass Transition Temperature definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Phase Transition Definition
Phase Transition definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Exothermic Definition
Exothermic definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Freezing Point Definition
Freezing Point definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Volatile Definition
Volatile definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Osmotic Pressure Definition
Osmotic Pressure definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Amorphous Definition
Amorphous definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Boiling Point Definition
Boiling Point definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Vaporization Definition
Vaporization definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Glass Definition
Glass definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Endothermic Definition
Endothermic definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Melting Definition
Melting definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Chemistry Dictionary and Glossary
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Ab Initio Definition
Ab Initio definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Abrasive Definition
Abrasive definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Absolute Error or Absolute Uncertainty Definition
Absolute Error or Absolute Uncertainty definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Absolute Temperature Definition
Absolute Temperature definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Absorbance Definition
Absorbance definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences. Absorbance is also known as extinction, optical density, or decadic absorbance.
Absorption - Chemistry Definition
Absorption - Chemistry Definition
Absorption Spectroscopy Definition
Absorption Spectroscopy definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Absorptivity Definition
Absorptivity definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Accelerator Definition
Accelerator definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Accuracy Definition
Accuracy definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering and physics.
Acetate Definition
Acetate definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering and physics.
Adsorption - Chemistry Definition
Adsorption - Chemistry Definition
Aerosol Definition
Aerosol definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Analytical Chemistry Definition
Analytical Chemistry definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Androgen Definition
Androgen definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Astrochemistry Definition
Astrochemistry definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Atomic Mass or Atomic Weight Definition
Atomic Mass definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Atomic Radius Definition
Atomic Radius definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Atomic Weight Definition
Atomic weight definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Biochemistry Definition
Biochemistry definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Biology Definition
Biology definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Boiling Definition
Boiling definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Boiling Point Elevation Definition
Boiling Point Elevation definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Bonds Definition
Bonds definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Brass - Chemistry Definition
Brass - Chemistry Definition
Bronze - Chemistry Definition
Bronze - Chemistry Definition
Calibration - Chemistry Definition
Calibration - Chemistry Definition
Cathode Ray Tube Definition
Cathode Ray Tube definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Chalcogen Definition
Chalcogen definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Chemical Definition
Chemical definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Chemical Engineering Definition
Chemical Engineering definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter A
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter B
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter C
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter D
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter E
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter F
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter G
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter H
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter I
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter J
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter K
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter L
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter M
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter N
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter O
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter P
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter Q
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter R
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter S
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter T
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter U
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter V
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter W
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter X
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter Y
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Chemistry Terms Starting with the Letter Z
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Colligative Properties Definition
Colligative Properties definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Colloid - Chemistry Definition
Colloid - Chemistry Definition
Compound - Chemistry Definition
Compound - Chemistry Definition
Concentration - Chemistry Definition
Concentration - Chemistry Definition
Coordination Compound Definition
Coordination Compound definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Covalent Compound
Covalent Compound definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Crystal Definition
Crystal definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Data - Chemistry Definition
Data - Chemistry Definition
Daughter Isotope - Chemistry Definition
Daughter Isotope - Chemistry Definition
Deposition Definition
Deposition definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Dissolve Definition
Dissolve definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Ebullition Definition
Ebullition definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Electrochemistry Definition
Electrochemistry definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Electron Affinity Definition
Electron Affinity definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Electron Pair Definition
Electron pair definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Element Symbol Definition
Element symbol definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Energy Definition
Energy definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Engineering Definition
Engineering definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Evaporation Definition
Evaporation definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Fat - Chemistry Definition
Fat - Chemistry Definition
Fluid Definition
Fluid definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Freezing Definition
Freezing definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Freezing Point Depression Definition
Freezing Point Depression definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Functional Groups Definition
Functional Groups or Functional Moiety definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Gas Definition
Gas definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Geochemistry Definition
Geochemistry definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Geology Definition
Geology definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Hormone Definition
Hormone definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Hydrogen Bond - Chemistry Definition
Hydrogen Bond - Chemistry Definition
Hydrogenation Definition
Hydrogenation definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Hydronium Ion
Hydronium Ion definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Ideal Gas Definition
Ideal Gas definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Ideal Gas Law Definition
Ideal Gas Law definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Incandescence - Chemistry Definition
Incandescence - Chemistry Definition
Insoluble Definition
Insoluble definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Ion Definition
Ion definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Ionic Definition
Ionic definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Ionization Energy Definition
Ionization Energy definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Kinetic Energy Definition
Kinetic Energy definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Law of Conservation of Energy
Law of Conservation of Energy - Chemistry Definition
Law of Constant Composition - Chemistry Definition
Law of Constant Composition - Chemistry Definition
Law of Multiple Proportions - Chemistry Definition
Law of Multiple Proportions - Chemistry Definition
Ligand Definition
Ligand definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Lipid Definition
Lipid definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Liquid Definition
Liquid definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Litmus Paper Definition
Litmus paper definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Molecule - Chemistry Definition
Molecule - Chemistry Definition
Nonpolar Molecule Definition
Nonpolar Molecule definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Organic Chemistry Definition
Organic Chemistry definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Osmosis - Chemistry Definition
Osmosis - Chemistry Definition
Oxidation Number Definition
Oxidation number definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Oxidation State Definition
Oxidation state definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Period Definition
Period definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Periodic Table Definition
Periodic Table definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Periodicity Definition
Periodicity definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Petrochemistry Definition
Petrochemistry definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
pH Definition
pH definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Physical Chemistry Definition
Physical Chemistry definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Physics Definition
Physics definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Pnictogen Definition
Pnictogen definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Polymer - Chemistry Definition
Polymer - Chemistry Definition
Potential Energy Definition
Potential Energy definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Precipitate Definition
Precipitate definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Pressure Definition
Pressure definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Protonation Definition
Protonation definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Relative Density - Chemistry Definition
Relative Density - Chemistry Definition
Salt Definition
Salt definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Saturated Definition
Saturated definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Science Definition
Science definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Scientific Method Definition
Scientific Method definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Solid Definition
Solid definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Solubility Definition
Solubility definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Solute - Chemistry Definition
Solute - Chemistry Definition
Specific Weight - Chemistry Definition
Specific Weight - Chemistry Definition
Spin Definition
Spin definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Standard Solution Definition
Standard Solution definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
State of Matter Definition
State of Matter definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Sterling Silver - Chemistry Definition
Sterling Silver - Chemistry Definition
Steroid Definition
Steroid definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Stock Solution Definition
Stock Solution definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Stoichiometry - Chemistry Definition
Stoichiometry - Chemistry Definition
STP - Standard Temperature and Pressure
STP, Standard Temperature and Pressure definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Sublimation Definition
Sublimation definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Supernate Definition
Supernate definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Supersaturated or Supercooling Definition
Supersaturated or Supercooling definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Surfactant - Chemistry Definition
Surfactant - Chemistry Definition
Tautomer - Chemistry Definition
Tautomer - Chemistry Definition
Thermochemistry Definition
Thermochemistry definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Vitrification Definition
Vitrification definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
Volume Definition
Volume definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Working Solution Definition
Working Solution definition, as used in chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics.
X-Ray Crystallography Definition
X-Ray Crystallography definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
X-Ray Diffraction Pattern Definition
X-Ray Diffraction Pattern definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
X-Ray Tube Definition
X-Ray Tube definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Xenobiotic Definition
Xenobiotic definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Xenon Definition
Xenon definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Ytterbium Definition
Ytterbium definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.
Yttrium Definition
Yttrium definition, as used in chemistry and other physical sciences.

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