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elementary process

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noun

Physical Chemistry.

  1. a chemical process complete in one step, characterized by the simultaneous interaction of all the atoms of two or more molecules.

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For this elementary process, rate laws for the forward and reverse reactions may be derived directly from the reaction stoichiometry:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

No fact throws more light on it and refutes it more convincingly than the elementary process of conception that we have described.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

He must steadily pursue his object of familiarizing them fully with this elementary process, but he may give variety and spirit to the work by changing occasionally the modes.

From The Teacher by Abbott, Jacob

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