General science

General science

A variety of science subjects concerning the fundamental knowledge about different aspects of our world and their underlying principles.

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hydrolysis

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A chemical reaction in which splitting of a molecule by water occurs.

A chemical reaction or process involving chelate ring formation and characterized by multiple coordinate bonding between two or more of the electron-pair-donor groups of a multidentate ligand and an ...

halogenation

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A chemical reaction or process which results in the formation of a chemical bond between a halogen atom and another atom. Reactions resulting in the formation of halogen-carbon bonds are especially ...

asymmetric synthesis

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A chemical reaction or series of reactions leading to the predominant or exclusive formation of a single enantiomer, that is, one of an isomeric pair of chemical compounds whose molecules are ...

radiometry

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A branch of science that deals with the measurement or detection of radiant electromagnetic energy. Radiometry is divided according to regions of the spectrum in which the same experimental ...

polychlorinated biphenyls

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A generic term for a family of 209 chlorinated isomers of biphenyl. The biphenyl molecule is composed of two six-sided carbon rings connected at one carbon site on each ring. Ten sites remain for ...

nucleoprotein

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A generic term for any member of a large class of proteins associated with nucleic acid molecules. Nucleoprotein complexes occur in all living cells and viruses, where they play vital roles in ...