heat of formation
Britishnoun
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The secret of success is to seek brighter fireflies wandering well away from the searchlight — that is, young planets still glowing from the heat of formation, in orbits far from their stars.
From Nature
The marked activity of chloramine as a chlorinating agent could be predicated from its heat of formation, which is 8,230 calories.
From Project Gutenberg
Heat of Combustion and Constitution.—In the article Thermochemistry a general account of heats of formation of chemical compounds is given, and it is there shown that this constant measures the stability of the compound.
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By causing compressed acetylene to dissociate under the influence of an electric spark, Mixter measured its heat of formation as -53.3 calories.
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If the water remains gaseous, as it must do in a flame, the heat of formation is reduced by about 10 calories.
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