General-formula Definition

noun

(chemistry) The molecular formula of a class of compounds in which actual numbers are represented by x, n etc., and organic radicals are represented as Rn.

The general formula for saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons is CnH2n+2 and the molecular formula for propane is C3H8
The general formula for alcohols is R-OH and the molecular formula for methanol is CH3-OH.
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general-formula
Plural:
general-formulae, general-formulas

General-formula Sentence Examples

  • His general formula for getting at the number of units in any sensation is S = C log R, where s stands for the sensation, R for the stimulus numerically estimated, and c for a constant that must be separately determined by experiment in each particular order of sensibility.

  • The basic oxides must have the general formula MO.

  • It will be noticed that compounds containing two double linkages will have the same general formula as the acetylene series; such compounds are known as the " diolefines."

  • Consider now the combustion of a hydrocarbon of the general formula CH 2m.

  • It dissolves in an excess of alkali to form plumbites of the general formula Pb(OM) 2.

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