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Tryptophan
Chemistry; General chemistry
A naturally occuring amino acid with a heterocyclic group on its side chain.
Chiral
Chemistry; General chemistry
Having nonsuperimposable mirror images. For example, a shoe or a glove is chiral.
Integrated rate law
Chemistry; General chemistry
Rate laws like d(A)/dt = -k(A) give instantaneous concentration changes. To find the change in concentration over time, the instantaneous changes must by added (integrated) over the desired time ...
Reaction rate
Chemistry; General chemistry
A reaction rate is the speed at which reactants are converted into products in a chemical reaction. The reaction rate is given as the instantaneous rate of change for any reactant or product, and is ...
Amylopectin
Chemistry; General chemistry
A form of starch made of glucose molecules linked in a branching pattern.
Excited state
Chemistry; General chemistry
An atom or molecule which has absorbed energy is said to be in an excited state. Excited states tend to have short lifetimes; they lose energy either through collisions or by emitting photons to ...
Ohm
Chemistry; General chemistry
The SI unit of electrical resistance , equal the resistance between two points when a constant voltage produces an electric current of 1 ampere .
