The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of substance one degree Celsius.
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Paramagnetism
Attraction toward a magnetic field, stronger than diamagnetism, but still weak compared to ferromagnetism.
Photochemical Oxidants
Photochemically produced oxidizing agents capable of causing damage to plants and animals.
Daughter Nuclide
Nuclide that is produced in a nuclear decay.
Atomic Number
Ferromagnetism
The ability of a substance to become permanently magnetized by exposure to an external magnetic field.
Polymorphous
Refers to substances that crystallize in more than one crystalline arrangement.
Optical Activity
The rotation of plane polarized light by one of a pair of optical isomers.
Oil
Liquid triester of glycerol and unsaturated fatty acids.
Native State
Refers to the occurrence of an element in an uncombined or free state in nature.
Sigma Orbital
Molecular orbital resulting from head-on overlap of two atomic orbitals.
