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Molecule

Index Molecule

A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion. [1]

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  1. 164 relations: Absorbance, Acetylene, Aether (classical element), Air (classical element), Amedeo Avogadro, Angstrom, Aristotle, ASM International, Atom, Atomic force microscopy, Atomic nucleus, Avogadro constant, Biochemistry, Biopolymer, Bose–Einstein condensate, Bound state, Brownian motion, Carbon, Chemical bond, Chemical compound, Chemical element, Chemical formula, Chemical nomenclature, Chemical polarity, Chemical structure, Chemical substance, Classical element, Comparison of software for molecular mechanics modeling, Computational chemistry, Covalent bond, Crust (geology), Dalton (unit), Democritus, Diamond, Diatomic molecule, Diffraction, Dihydrogen cation, Dimerization (chemistry), Dimethyl ether, DNA, Earth (classical element), Electron, Electron pair, Electrostatics, Elementary particle, Emission spectrum, Empedocles, Empirical formula, Encyclopædia Britannica, Energy, ... Expand index (114 more) »

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Absorbance

Absorbance is defined as "the logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a sample (excluding the effects on cell walls)".

See Molecule and Absorbance

Acetylene

Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula and structure.

See Molecule and Acetylene

Aether (classical element)

According to ancient and medieval science, aether (alternative spellings include æther, aither, and ether), also known as the fifth element or quintessence, is the material that fills the region of the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.

See Molecule and Aether (classical element)

Air (classical element)

Air or Wind is one of the four classical elements along with water, earth and fire in ancient Greek philosophy and in Western alchemy.

See Molecule and Air (classical element)

Amedeo Avogadro

Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (also,; 9 August 17769 July 1856) was an Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now known as Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure will contain equal numbers of molecules.

See Molecule and Amedeo Avogadro

Angstrom

The angstrom is a unit of length equal to m; that is, one ten-billionth of a metre, a hundred-millionth of a centimetre, 0.1 nanometre, or 100 picometres.

See Molecule and Angstrom

Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.

See Molecule and Aristotle

ASM International

ASM (previously known as ASM International N.V., originally standing for Advanced Semiconductor Materials) is a Dutch headquartered multinational corporation that specializes in the design, manufacturing, sales and service of semiconductor wafer processing equipment for the fabrication of semiconductor devices.

See Molecule and ASM International

Atom

Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements. Molecule and Atom are chemistry.

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Atomic force microscopy

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) or scanning force microscopy (SFM) is a very-high-resolution type of scanning probe microscopy (SPM), with demonstrated resolution on the order of fractions of a nanometer, more than 1000 times better than the optical diffraction limit.

See Molecule and Atomic force microscopy

Atomic nucleus

The atomic nucleus is the small, dense region consisting of protons and neutrons at the center of an atom, discovered in 1911 by Ernest Rutherford based on the 1909 Geiger–Marsden gold foil experiment.

See Molecule and Atomic nucleus

Avogadro constant

The Avogadro constant, commonly denoted or, is an SI defining constant with an exact value of (reciprocal moles).

See Molecule and Avogadro constant

Biochemistry

Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.

See Molecule and Biochemistry

Biopolymer

Biopolymers are natural polymers produced by the cells of living organisms.

See Molecule and Biopolymer

Bose–Einstein condensate

In condensed matter physics, a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) is a state of matter that is typically formed when a gas of bosons at very low densities is cooled to temperatures very close to absolute zero (−273.15 °C or −459.67 °F or 0 K).

See Molecule and Bose–Einstein condensate

Bound state

A bound state is a composite of two or more fundamental building blocks, such as particles, atoms, or bodies, that behaves as a single object and in which energy is required to split them.

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Brownian motion

Brownian motion is the random motion of particles suspended in a medium (a liquid or a gas).

See Molecule and Brownian motion

Carbon

Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.

See Molecule and Carbon

Chemical bond

A chemical bond is the association of atoms or ions to form molecules, crystals, and other structures.

See Molecule and Chemical bond

Chemical compound

A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds. Molecule and chemical compound are chemistry.

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Chemical element

A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions. Molecule and chemical element are chemistry.

See Molecule and Chemical element

Chemical formula

A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.

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Chemical nomenclature

Chemical nomenclature is a set of rules to generate systematic names for chemical compounds.

See Molecule and Chemical nomenclature

Chemical polarity

In chemistry, polarity is a separation of electric charge leading to a molecule or its chemical groups having an electric dipole moment, with a negatively charged end and a positively charged end.

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Chemical structure

A chemical structure of a molecule is a spatial arrangement of its atoms and their chemical bonds.

See Molecule and Chemical structure

Chemical substance

A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.

See Molecule and Chemical substance

Classical element

The classical elements typically refer to earth, water, air, fire, and (later) aether which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances.

See Molecule and Classical element

Comparison of software for molecular mechanics modeling

This is a list of computer programs that are predominantly used for molecular mechanics calculations.

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Computational chemistry

Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computer simulations to assist in solving chemical problems.

See Molecule and Computational chemistry

Covalent bond

A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms.

See Molecule and Covalent bond

Crust (geology)

In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.

See Molecule and Crust (geology)

Dalton (unit)

The dalton or unified atomic mass unit (symbols: Da or u) is a non-SI unit of mass defined as of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and at rest.

See Molecule and Dalton (unit)

Democritus

Democritus (Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people"; –) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Abdera, primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe.

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Diamond

Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic.

See Molecule and Diamond

Diatomic molecule

Diatomic molecules are molecules composed of only two atoms, of the same or different chemical elements.

See Molecule and Diatomic molecule

Diffraction

Diffraction is the interference or bending of waves around the corners of an obstacle or through an aperture into the region of geometrical shadow of the obstacle/aperture.

See Molecule and Diffraction

Dihydrogen cation

The dihydrogen cation or hydrogen molecular ion is a cation (positive ion) with formula.

See Molecule and Dihydrogen cation

Dimerization (chemistry)

In chemistry, dimerization is the process of joining two identical or similar molecular entities by bonds.

See Molecule and Dimerization (chemistry)

Dimethyl ether

Dimethyl ether (DME; also known as methoxymethane) is the organic compound with the formula CH3OCH3, (sometimes ambiguously simplified to C2H6O as it is an isomer of ethanol).

See Molecule and Dimethyl ether

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.

See Molecule and DNA

Earth (classical element)

Earth is one of the classical elements, in some systems being one of the four along with air, fire, and water.

See Molecule and Earth (classical element)

Electron

The electron (or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. Molecule and electron are molecular physics.

See Molecule and Electron

Electron pair

In chemistry, an electron pair or Lewis pair consists of two electrons that occupy the same molecular orbital but have opposite spins. Molecule and electron pair are molecular physics.

See Molecule and Electron pair

Electrostatics

Electrostatics is a branch of physics that studies slow-moving or stationary electric charges.

See Molecule and Electrostatics

Elementary particle

In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a subatomic particle that is not composed of other particles.

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Emission spectrum

The emission spectrum of a chemical element or chemical compound is the spectrum of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted due to electrons making a transition from a high energy state to a lower energy state.

See Molecule and Emission spectrum

Empedocles

Empedocles (Ἐμπεδοκλῆς;, 444–443 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a native citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily.

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Empirical formula

In chemistry, the empirical formula of a chemical compound is the simplest whole number ratio of atoms present in a compound.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Energy

Energy is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light.

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Ethanol

Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.

See Molecule and Ethanol

Fire (classical element)

Fire is one of the four classical elements along with earth, water and air in ancient Greek philosophy and science.

See Molecule and Fire (classical element)

Force

A force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity, i.e., to accelerate, meaning a change in speed or direction, unless counterbalanced by other forces.

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Formula unit

In chemistry, a formula unit is the smallest unit of a non-molecular substance, such as an ionic compound, covalent network solid, or metal.

See Molecule and Formula unit

Frequency

Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.

See Molecule and Frequency

Fritz London

Fritz Wolfgang London (March 7, 1900 – March 30, 1954) was a German born physicist and professor at Duke University.

See Molecule and Fritz London

Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University (FSU) is a public university in Frostburg, Maryland.

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Functional group

In organic chemistry, a functional group is a substituent or moiety in a molecule that causes the molecule's characteristic chemical reactions.

See Molecule and Functional group

Gamboge

Gamboge is a deep-yellow pigment derived from a species of tree that primarily grows in Cambodia.

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Glass

Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid.

See Molecule and Glass

Graphene

Graphene is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a honeycomb nanostructure.

See Molecule and Graphene

Guggenheim Fellowship

Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim.

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Helium

Helium (from lit) is a chemical element; it has symbol He and atomic number 2.

See Molecule and Helium

Helium dimer

The helium dimer is a van der Waals molecule with formula He2 consisting of two helium atoms.

See Molecule and Helium dimer

Heteronuclear molecule

A heteronuclear molecule is a molecule composed of atoms of more than one chemical element. Molecule and heteronuclear molecule are molecules.

See Molecule and Heteronuclear molecule

History of atomic theory

Atomic theory is the scientific theory that matter is composed of particles called atoms.

See Molecule and History of atomic theory

Homonuclear molecule

In chemistry, homonuclear molecules, or homonuclear species, are molecules composed of only one element.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works.

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.

See Molecule and Hydrogen

Hydrogen bond

In chemistry, a hydrogen bond (or H-bond) is primarily an electrostatic force of attraction between a hydrogen (H) atom which is covalently bonded to a more electronegative "donor" atom or group (Dn), and another electronegative atom bearing a lone pair of electrons—the hydrogen bond acceptor (Ac).

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Infrared

Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.

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Infrared spectroscopy

Infrared spectroscopy (IR spectroscopy or vibrational spectroscopy) is the measurement of the interaction of infrared radiation with matter by absorption, emission, or reflection.

See Molecule and Infrared spectroscopy

Integer

An integer is the number zero (0), a positive natural number (1, 2, 3,...), or the negation of a positive natural number (−1, −2, −3,...). The negations or additive inverses of the positive natural numbers are referred to as negative integers.

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Internal structure of Earth

The internal structure of Earth are the layers of the Earth, excluding its atmosphere and hydrosphere.

See Molecule and Internal structure of Earth

Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.

See Molecule and Ion

Ionic bonding

Ionic bonding is a type of chemical bonding that involves the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions, or between two atoms with sharply different electronegativities, and is the primary interaction occurring in ionic compounds.

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Isomer

In chemistry, isomers are molecules or polyatomic ions with identical molecular formula – that is, the same number of atoms of each element – but distinct arrangements of atoms in space.

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Isotope

Isotopes are distinct nuclear species (or nuclides) of the same chemical element.

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J. R. Partington

James Riddick Partington (30 June 1886 – 9 October 1965) was a British chemist and historian of chemistry who published multiple books and articles in scientific magazines.

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Jean Baptiste Perrin

Jean Baptiste Perrin (30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French physicist who, in his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids (sedimentation equilibrium), verified Albert Einstein's explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter.

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John Dalton

John Dalton (5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist.

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Kinetic theory of gases

The kinetic theory of gases is a simple classical model of the thermodynamic behavior of gases.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leucippus

Leucippus (Λεύκιππος, Leúkippos) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher.

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Light

Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye.

See Molecule and Light

Linus Pauling

Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901August 19, 1994) was an American chemist, biochemist, chemical engineer, peace activist, author, and educator.

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List of compounds

Compounds are organized into the following lists.

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List of interstellar and circumstellar molecules

This is a list of molecules that have been detected in the interstellar medium and circumstellar envelopes, grouped by the number of component atoms. Molecule and list of interstellar and circumstellar molecules are molecules.

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Macromolecule

A macromolecule is a very large molecule important to biological processes, such as a protein or nucleic acid. Molecule and macromolecule are molecular physics.

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Macroscopic scale

The macroscopic scale is the length scale on which objects or phenomena are large enough to be visible with the naked eye, without magnifying optical instruments.

See Molecule and Macroscopic scale

Mantle (geology)

A mantle is a layer inside a planetary body bounded below by a core and above by a crust.

See Molecule and Mantle (geology)

Marc Antoine Auguste Gaudin

Marc Antoine Auguste Gaudin (5 April 1804 – 2 August 1880) was a French chemist.

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Mass spectral interpretation

Mass spectral interpretation is the method employed to identify the chemical formula, characteristic fragment patterns and possible fragment ions from the mass spectra.

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McGraw Hill Education

McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.

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Mechanical equilibrium

In classical mechanics, a particle is in mechanical equilibrium if the net force on that particle is zero.

See Molecule and Mechanical equilibrium

Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries.

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Metal

A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.

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Metallic bonding

Metallic bonding is a type of chemical bonding that arises from the electrostatic attractive force between conduction electrons (in the form of an electron cloud of delocalized electrons) and positively charged metal ions.

See Molecule and Metallic bonding

Microwave spectroscopy

Microwave spectroscopy is the spectroscopy method that employs microwaves, i.e. electromagnetic radiation at GHz frequencies, for the study of matter. Molecule and microwave spectroscopy are molecular physics.

See Molecule and Microwave spectroscopy

Mole (unit)

The mole (symbol mol) is a unit of measurement, the base unit in the International System of Units (SI) for amount of substance, a quantity proportional to the number of elementary entities of a substance.

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Molecular biology

Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions.

See Molecule and Molecular biology

Molecular design software

Molecular design software is notable software for molecular modeling, that provides special support for developing molecular models de novo.

See Molecule and Molecular design software

Molecular engineering

Molecular engineering is an emerging field of study concerned with the design and testing of molecular properties, behavior and interactions in order to assemble better materials, systems, and processes for specific functions.

See Molecule and Molecular engineering

Molecular geometry

Molecular geometry is the three-dimensional arrangement of the atoms that constitute a molecule. Molecule and Molecular geometry are molecules.

See Molecule and Molecular geometry

Molecular Hamiltonian

In atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum chemistry, the molecular Hamiltonian is the Hamiltonian operator representing the energy of the electrons and nuclei in a molecule. Molecule and molecular Hamiltonian are molecular physics.

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Molecular mass

The molecular mass (m) is the mass of a given molecule.

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Molecular modelling

Molecular modelling encompasses all methods, theoretical and computational, used to model or mimic the behaviour of molecules. Molecule and Molecular modelling are molecular physics.

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Molecular orbital

In chemistry, a molecular orbital is a mathematical function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in a molecule. Molecule and molecular orbital are molecular physics.

See Molecule and Molecular orbital

Molecular physics

Molecular physics is the study of the physical properties of molecules and molecular dynamics.

See Molecule and Molecular physics

Molecular promiscuity

Molecular promiscuity indicates the ability of a molecule to bind to interact with one or more other classes and subtypes of molecules, in synergistic or antagonistic ways.

See Molecule and Molecular promiscuity

Neo-Latin

Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin in; others, throughout.

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Network covalent bonding

A network solid or covalent network solid (also called atomic crystalline solids or giant covalent structures) is a chemical compound (or element) in which the atoms are bonded by covalent bonds in a continuous network extending throughout the material.

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Neutron

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Noble gas

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Non-covalent interaction

In chemistry, a non-covalent interaction differs from a covalent bond in that it does not involve the sharing of electrons, but rather involves more dispersed variations of electromagnetic interactions between molecules or within a molecule.

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Nonmetal

In the context of the periodic table a nonmetal is a chemical element that mostly lacks distinctive metallic properties.

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Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, most commonly known as NMR spectroscopy or magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), is a spectroscopic technique based on re-orientation of atomic nuclei with non-zero nuclear spins in an external magnetic field.

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Online Etymology Dictionary

The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.

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Orbital hybridisation

In chemistry, orbital hybridisation (or hybridization) is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals (with different energies, shapes, etc., than the component atomic orbitals) suitable for the pairing of electrons to form chemical bonds in valence bond theory.

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Organic chemistry

Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms. Molecule and organic chemistry are chemistry.

See Molecule and Organic chemistry

Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.

See Molecule and Oxygen

Particle

In the physical sciences, a particle (or corpuscule in older texts) is a small localized object which can be described by several physical or chemical properties, such as volume, density, or mass.

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Periodic systems of small molecules

Periodic systems of molecules are charts of molecules similar to the periodic table of the elements.

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Planck relation

The Planck relationFrench & Taylor (1978), pp.

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Plane (mathematics)

In mathematics, a plane is a two-dimensional space or flat surface that extends indefinitely.

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Polyatomic ion

A polyatomic ion (also known as a molecular ion) is a covalent bonded set of two or more atoms, or of a metal complex, that can be considered to behave as a single unit and that has a net charge that is not zero.

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Polymer

A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.

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Potential energy surface

A potential energy surface (PES) or energy landscape describes the energy of a system, especially a collection of atoms, in terms of certain parameters, normally the positions of the atoms.

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Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall was a major American educational publisher.

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Proton

A proton is a stable subatomic particle, symbol, H+, or 1H+ with a positive electric charge of +1 e (elementary charge).

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Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics is a fundamental theory that describes the behavior of nature at and below the scale of atoms.

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Quartz

Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).

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Radical (chemistry)

In chemistry, a radical, also known as a free radical, is an atom, molecule, or ion that has at least one unpaired valence electron.

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Ratio

In mathematics, a ratio shows how many times one number contains another.

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Reactivity (chemistry)

In chemistry, reactivity is the impulse for which a chemical substance undergoes a chemical reaction, either by itself or with other materials, with an overall release of energy.

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René Descartes

René Descartes (or;; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.

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Resonance (chemistry)

In chemistry, resonance, also called mesomerism, is a way of describing bonding in certain molecules or polyatomic ions by the combination of several contributing structures (or forms, also variously known as resonance structures or canonical structures) into a resonance hybrid (or hybrid structure) in valence bond theory.

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Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle (25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor.

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Rock (geology)

In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.

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Rydberg molecule

A Rydberg molecule is an electronically excited chemical species.

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Salt (chemistry)

In chemistry, a salt or ionic compound is a chemical compound consisting of an assembly of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions), which results in a compound with no net electric charge (electrically neutral).

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Schrödinger equation

The Schrödinger equation is a partial differential equation that governs the wave function of a quantum-mechanical system.

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Sigma bond

In chemistry, sigma bonds (σ bonds) are the strongest type of covalent chemical bond.

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Small molecule

In molecular biology and pharmacology, a small molecule or micromolecule is a low molecular weight (≤ 1000 daltons) organic compound that may regulate a biological process, with a size on the order of 1 nm.

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Sodium chloride

Sodium chloride, commonly known as edible salt, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chlorine ions.

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Spectral density

In signal processing, the power spectrum S_(f) of a continuous time signal x(t) describes the distribution of power into frequency components f composing that signal.

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Stereoisomerism

In stereochemistry, stereoisomerism, or spatial isomerism, is a form of isomerism in which molecules have the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms (constitution), but differ in the three-dimensional orientations of their atoms in space.

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Stoichiometry

Stoichiometry is the relationship between the weights of reactants and products before, during, and following chemical reactions.

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Structural formula

The structural formula of a chemical compound is a graphic representation of the molecular structure (determined by structural chemistry methods), showing how the atoms are possibly arranged in the real three-dimensional space.

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Supermolecule

The term supermolecule (or supramolecule) was introduced by Karl Lothar Wolf et al. (Übermoleküle) in 1937 to describe hydrogen-bonded acetic acid dimers.

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Table of permselectivity for different substances

This is a table of permselectivity for different substances in the glomerulus of the kidney in renal filtration.

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The Sceptical Chymist

The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes is the title of a book by Robert Boyle, published in London in 1661.

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Theoretical chemistry

Theoretical chemistry is the branch of chemistry which develops theoretical generalizations that are part of the theoretical arsenal of modern chemistry: for example, the concepts of chemical bonding, chemical reaction, valence, the surface of potential energy, molecular orbitals, orbital interactions, and molecule activation. Molecule and theoretical chemistry are chemistry.

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Transition state

In chemistry, the transition state of a chemical reaction is a particular configuration along the reaction coordinate.

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Unit cell

In geometry, biology, mineralogy and solid state physics, a unit cell is a repeating unit formed by the vectors spanning the points of a lattice.

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Valence bond theory

In chemistry, valence bond (VB) theory is one of the two basic theories, along with molecular orbital (MO) theory, that were developed to use the methods of quantum mechanics to explain chemical bonding.

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Van der Waals force

In molecular physics and chemistry, the van der Waals force (sometimes van de Waals' force) is a distance-dependent interaction between atoms or molecules.

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Van der Waals molecule

A Van der Waals molecule is a weakly bound complex of atoms or molecules held together by intermolecular attractions such as Van der Waals forces or by hydrogen bonds.

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Walter Heitler

Walter Heinrich Heitler FRS MRIA; 2 January 1904 – 15 November 1981) was a German physicist who made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory. He brought chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding.

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Water

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Water (classical element)

Water is one of the classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy along with air, earth and fire, in the Asian Indian system Panchamahabhuta, and in the Chinese cosmological and physiological system Wu Xing.

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William Higgins (chemist)

William Higgins (1763 – June 1825), an Irish chemist, was one of the early proponents of atomic theory.

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World Wide Molecular Matrix

The World Wide Molecular Matrix (WWMM) was a proposed electronic repository for unpublished chemical data.

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X-ray

X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.

See Molecule and X-ray

See also

Matter

Molecules

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecule

Also known as Chemical molecule, Effective molecular radius, Molecular, Molecular Compound, Molecular radius, Molecular size, Molecular theory, Molecules, Polyatomic molecule, Polyatomic molecules.

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