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- Biomass, as a renewable energy source, refers to biological material that can be used as fuel or for industrial production. It includes plant ...14 KB (1,875 words) - 17:55, 31 October 2023
- Carbon has two stable, naturally occurring isotopes: carbon-12 (12C) and carbon-13 (13C), at relative abundances of approximately 98.9 percent ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 22:12, 25 November 2023
- A nonmetal is a chemical element with several properties that are opposite those of a metal. Based on their properties, the elements of the periodic ...6 KB (785 words) - 02:40, 16 November 2022
- A supercritical fluid is any substance at a temperature and pressure above its thermodynamic critical point. It has the unique ability to diffuse ...14 KB (2,010 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- Butane, also called n-butane (normal butane), is an unbranched alkane with four carbon atoms in each molecule. Its molecular formula may be written ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 18:43, 23 November 2023
- In organic chemistry, an alkene, olefin, or olefine is an unsaturated chemical compound containing at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond ...13 KB (1,908 words) - 22:30, 4 January 2023
- Fatty acids are a class of compounds containing a long hydrocarbon chain and a terminal carboxylate group (-COOH). They have the general structure ...16 KB (2,372 words) - 01:39, 26 March 2024
- A covalent bond is a type of chemical bond characterized by the sharing of a pair of electrons between two atoms. In general, a chemical bond ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 06:13, 11 January 2024
- Graphite is one of the two common but distinctively different forms or allotropes of carbon, the other being diamond. Graphite holds the distinction ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:24, 24 May 2024
- A ketone (pronounced as key tone) is either the functional group characterized by a carbonyl group (O=C) linked to two other carbon atoms or ...9 KB (1,318 words) - 03:31, 6 October 2022
- ==Etymology== From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin dēbita, from Latin dēbitum ...2 KB (231 words) - 20:59, 30 January 2024
- Carbonic acid (ancient name acid of air or aerial acid) is a weak acid with the formula H2CO3. It is formed in small amounts when carbon dioxide ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 19:10, 26 November 2023
- A steroid is any of a group of natural or synthetic, fat-soluble, organic compounds belonging to the class of lipids and characterized by a molecular ...10 KB (1,426 words) - 20:04, 9 February 2023
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- Nucleosides are structural subunits of nucleic acids, the macromolecules that convey genetic information in living cells. They consist of a nitrogen ...6 KB (865 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is a hydrocarbon belonging to the group of alkynes. It is considered to be the simplest of all alkynes as ...14 KB (2,038 words) - 07:36, 14 June 2023
- In chemistry, isomers are molecules that share the same chemical formula but differ in the arrangement of atoms. (Isomers in chemistry should ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 05:56, 11 March 2024
- A metalloid is a chemical element with properties that are intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. The following elements are generally ...7 KB (910 words) - 16:19, 9 November 2022
- Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (October 31, 1835 – August 20, 1917) was a German chemist who made major contributions to the field ...9 KB (1,376 words) - 06:04, 15 June 2023
- Astrochemistry, representing an overlap of the disciplines of astronomy and chemistry, is the study of chemicals found in outer space, including ...7 KB (940 words) - 18:21, 19 August 2023
