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Cryogen
Chemistry; General chemistry
A gas that has been liquified by lowering temperature, usually to a temperature under about -100°C.
Leucine
Chemistry; General chemistry
A naturally occuring aliphatic amino acid with a nonpolar side chain.
Solubilizing group
Chemistry; General chemistry
A group or substructure on a molecule that increases the molecule's solubility. Solubilizing groups usually make the molecule they are attached to ionic or polar. For example, hydrocarbon chains can ...
Synthesis
Chemistry; General chemistry
Formation of a complex product from simpler reactants. For example, water can be synthesised from oxygen and hydrogen gas: H 2 (g) + ½O 2 (g) -> H 2 O. </p>
Buret
Chemistry; General chemistry
A cylindrical glass tube closed by a stopcock on one end and open on the other, with volume gradations marked on the barrel of the tube, used to precisely dispense a measured amount of a liquid.
Hydrometer
Chemistry; General chemistry
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of liquids. A hydrometer is a weight with a vertical scale attached. When placed into a liquid, the hydrometer bobs upright, and sinks to a certain ...
Position of equilibrium
Chemistry; General chemistry
When a reaction's equilibrium "lies to the right", the concentrations of products will be greater than the concentrations of reactants when equilibrium is established. Conversely, an equilibrium that ...
