chemical formula


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Noun1.chemical formula - a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements
statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
chemical notation - a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry
molecular formula - a chemical formula based on analysis and molecular weight
empirical formula - a chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms
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The secret of this chemical formula is kept by a single race of Mahars.
It consists of nine chairs, each made from urethane resin infused with a different chemical formula. "The first chair is made of a resin with a chemical composition that generates a gelatin so that, when it comes out of the mold, [it] is like a body without bones and falls to the ground," he explains, noting that the second, third, and fourth chair grow incrementally more stable.
With the fact that nyerereite is a form of calcium carbonate mineral with chemical formula Na2Ca(CO3)2, and it's by-product value prominently high in chemical industry.
The dad-of-one's inking consists of the chemical formula for serotonin, known as the happiness chemical, and the word "warrior" in cursive script.
They draw on the PAULING FILE, which defines an inorganic substance by the chemical structure and gives it a unique name in which the chemical formula is followed by a specification (for example ht, orth) when relevant.
The method of preparing the modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes (a) polymerizing a vinyl aromatic monomer and a conjugated diene monomer using an organo-alkali metal compound in the presence of a hydrocarbon solvent, thus forming an active polymer having an alkali metal end; and (b) coupling or linking the active polymer having the alkali metal end with a compound represented by chemical formula 1 or 2.
P-Xylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents with the chemical formula C₈H₁₀ or C₆H₄(CH₃)₂.
What organic compound used to preserve biological specimens has the chemical formula CH2O?
CHCl3 is the chemical formula for which organic compound, whose use in refrigerants is being phased out?
Their self-appointed mission is to trek several hundred miles across a postapocalyptic landscape patrolled by rival gangs in order to deliver the chemical formula and samples of the Romero vaccine to the nearest operating laboratory ...
Percival Zhang, who studies biological systems engineering, said that plants everywhere consist of cellulose which has the same chemical formula as starch, but use different linkages between the glucose units.