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Infrared spectroscopy
Chemistry; General chemistry
A technique for determining the structure (and sometimes concentration) of molecules by observing how infrared radiation is absorbed by a sample.
Rare earth element
Chemistry; General chemistry
A metallic element that belongs to Group 3B or to the lanthanide series.
Amperometry
Chemistry; General chemistry
Determining the concentration of a material in a sample by measuring electric current .
Ethyl acetate
Chemistry; General chemistry
A flammable liquid with a fruity odor, used in flavourings and as a solvent.
Nucleotide base
Chemistry; General chemistry
A heterocyclic nitrogen-containing base that is a constituent of nucleotides . Examples are adenine, guanine, thymine, uracil, and cytosine.
Triple bond
Chemistry; General chemistry
A covalent bond that involves 3 bonding pairs. In the valence bond theory , one of the bonds in a triple bond is a sigma bond and the other two are pi bonds . For example, the central bond in ...
Chemical potential
Chemistry; General chemistry
The chemical potential is a partial molar Gibbs free energy , defined as µi = ( G/ ni)T,P,nj. The definition means that the chemical potential is the change in Gibbs free energy when one mole of a ...
