chemical analysis
qualitative analysis | the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements |
quantitative analysis
quantitative chemical analysis | chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance |
| chemical terrorism | terrorism using the chemical agents of chemical warfare, can undermine the personal security of citizens, a good agent for chemical terrorism should be colorless and odorless and inexpensive and readily available and not detectable until symptoms are experienced |
| chemical engineering | the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems |
chemical defense
chemical defence | procedures involved in taking defensive measures against attacks using chemical agents |
chemical warfare
chemical operations | warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy |
analytical balance
chemical balance | a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis |
chemical bomb
gas bomb | a bomb laden with chemical agents that are released when the bomb explodes |
| chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
| chemical reactor | an apparatus for holding substances that are undergoing a chemical reaction |
| chemical weapon | chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants |
chemistry lab
chemistry laboratory
chem lab | a laboratory for research in chemistry |
| chemical property | a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity |
equilibrium law
law of chemical equilibrium | (chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reaction |
chemistry
chemical science r | the science of matter, the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |
| organic chemistry | the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially) |
| inorganic chemistry | the chemistry of compounds that do not contain hydrocarbon radicals |
| physical chemistry | the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances |
radiochemistry
nuclear chemistry | the chemistry of radioactive substances |
| surface chemistry | the branch of chemistry that studies processes occurring at interfaces between phases (especially those between liquid and gas) |
| chemical engineering | the branch of engineering that is concerned with the design and construction and operation of the plants and machinery used in industrial chemical processes |
| Chemical Weapons Convention | a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons |
| chemical notation | a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry |
| formula chemical formula | a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements |
| chemical industry | the manufacturers of chemicals considered collectively |
chemistry department
department of chemistry | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry |
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPCW | international organization for chemical disarmament, administers the Chemical Weapons Convention |
chain
chemical chain | (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule) |
dental technician
denturist | someone who makes dental appliances (bridges and dentures) |
stagehand
stage technician | an employee of a theater who performs work involved in putting on a theatrical production |
| technician | someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process |
| technician | someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique |
| chemical phenomenon | any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules) |
| affinity chemical attraction | the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule, basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk |
chemical bond
bond | an electrical force linking atoms |
| chemical energy | that part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction |
chemical equilibrium
equilibrium | a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates |
chemical process
chemical change
chemical action | (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved |
chemical reaction
reaction | (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others, there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water |
decomposition decomposition reaction
chemical decomposition reaction | (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance |
mechanism
chemical mechanism | the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction, he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions |
chemistry
interpersonal chemistry
alchemy | the way two individuals relate to each other, their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other, a mysterious alchemy brought them together |
latent diabetes
chemical diabetes | a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures |
| chemistry | the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object, the chemistry of soil |
group
radical
chemical group | (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule |
chemical element
element | any of the more than known substances (of which occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
| chemical agent | an agent that produces chemical reactions |
chemical
chemical substance | material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules |
compound
chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
Mace
Chemical Mace | (trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person, prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization |