Chemical-reaction definition

(chemistry) A process, involving the breaking or making of interatomic bonds, in which one or more substances are changed into others.
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Singular:
chemical-reaction
Plural:
chemical-reactions

Chemical-reaction Sentence Examples

  • A fuel cell uses a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity.

  • Realizing that the total weight of all the products of a chemical reaction must be exactly equal to the total weight of the reacting substances, he made the balance the ultima ratio of the laboratory, and he was able to draw correct inferences from his weighings because, unlike many of the phlogistonists, he looked upon heat as imponderable.

  • The result of the chemical reaction is the overall good feeling that envelopes your body after a massage.

  • When you compare the DHA chemical reaction to the possibility of skin cancer from the sun, a spray tan sounds like a much safer tanning option.

  • However, they need different chemical reaction conditions to synthesize different colored metal colloids.

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