stoichiometry
Americannoun
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the calculation of the quantities of chemical elements or compounds involved in chemical reactions.
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the branch of chemistry dealing with relationships of combining elements, especially quantitatively.
noun
Etymology
Origin of stoichiometry
1800–10; < Greek stoicheîo ( n ) ( see stoichiometric) + -metry
Vocabulary lists containing stoichiometry
Chemistry - High School
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Chemical Reactions - High School
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Example Sentences
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Phytoplankton stoichiometry defines the relative proportions of different elements such as C, N, and P in these organisms.
From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2023
Therefore, these measurements are useful in assessing the stoichiometry of pure gases, gas mixtures, and chemical reactions involving gases.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Since this is an elementary reaction, the rates laws for the forward and reverse may be derived directly from the balanced equation’s stoichiometry:
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
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
The percent yield of a given chemical process, on the other hand, evaluates the efficiency of a process by comparing the yield of product actually obtained to the maximum yield predicted by stoichiometry.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
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