The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of substance one degree Celsius.
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Organic Chemistry
The chemistry of substances that contain carbon-hydrogen bonds.
Capillary
A tube having a very small inside diameter.
Linkage Isomers
Isomers in which a particular ligand bonds to a metal ion through different donor atoms.
Varieties of garnet minerals
The most famous type of garnet stone is pyrope (flaming). This is the "oldest of garnets", with a dense red color, similar to the grain of an edible garnet. Pyrope has a variety called rhodolite - a stone of dense pink or pink-purple color, which sometimes has the alexandrite effect and is used in elite jewelry.
Fat
Solid triester of glycerol and (mostly) saturated fatty acids.
Spectrochemical Series
Arrangement of ligands in order of increasing ligand field strength.
Noble Gases (Rare Gases)
Elements of the periodic Group 0, also called rare gases, formerly called inert gases, He,Ne,Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn.
Thermal Cracking
Decomposition by heating a substance in the presence of a catalyst and in the absence of air.
yield
The quantity of product formed by the interaction of two or more substances, generally expressed as a percentage of the quantity obtained to that theoretically obtainable.
K Capture
Absorption of a K shell (n=1) electron by a proton as it is converted to a neutron.
