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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
chemical irritant | a substance producing irritation |
repellent resistant | incapable of absorbing or mixing with, a water-repellent fabric, plastic highly resistant to steam and water |
fire-retardant fire-resistant fire-resisting fire-resistive | difficult to burn |
insubordinate resistant resistive | disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority |
water-repellent water-resistant | hindering the penetration of water, a water-repellent coat |
mothproof moth-resistant | resistant to damage by moths |
resistant | impervious to being affected, resistant to the effects of heat, resistant to persuasion |
corrosion-resistant | impervious to corrosion, he was a great believer in the corrosion-resistant qualities of cast iron |
rot-resistant | resistant to rotting |
runproof ladder-proof run-resistant | (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders |
rust-resistant | resistant to rust |
immune resistant | relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) |
tolerant resistant | able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress, the plant is tolerant of saltwater, these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided, the new hybrid is more resistant to drought |