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Enzyme

Chemistry; General chemistry

Protein or protein-based molecules that speed up chemical reactions occurring in living things. Enzymes act as catalysts for a single reaction, converting a specific set of reactants (called ...

The process of providing sites for 1) new bubbles to form in a liquid that is boiling or supersaturated with gas; 2) new droplets to condense from a supersaturated vapor, or 3) new crystals to form ...

Transuranium element

Chemistry; General chemistry

An element with an atomic number higher than 92 (uranium's atomic number). Transuranium elements are unstable and occur in extremely low concentrations (if at all) in nature. Most are made ...

Chelate

Chemistry; General chemistry

A stable complex of a metal with one or more polydentate ligands . For example, calcium complexes with EDTA to form a chelate.

Chelating agent

Chemistry; General chemistry

A ligand that binds to a metal using more than one atom; a polydentate ligand.

Inert pair

Chemistry; General chemistry

Valence electrons in an s orbital penetrate to the nucleus better than electrons in p orbitals, and as a result they're more tightly bound to the nucleus and less able to participate in bond ...