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isomers

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  1. In chemistry, molecules that contain exactly the same numbers of the same kinds of atoms, but in which the atoms have different structural arrangements.


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The sensors can also distinguish between structural isomers.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The new workflow can also identify isomers, which are molecules with the same chemical formula but different atomic arrangements.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

"The different chemical forms are known as isomers, and this is the first time that reactions between them have been used to develop piezoresistors," Dr Fallon said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023

Write the Lewis structures of all isomers with the formula C3H7ON that contain an amide linkage.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Technical benzene hexachloride is a mixture of several isomers, the gamma isomer being the most toxic to insects.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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