unreactive
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"If we then offer a certain molecule, for example nitrogen, which is normally unreactive and doesn't bind, the beast is satisfied with it because it has no other choice," he says.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2023
Nitrogen is very unreactive because of the very strong triple bond between the nitrogen atoms.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
It is also reasonably cheap, unreactive and easy to purify.
From Economist ● Jan. 11, 2018
UK-based Econic Technologies has invented a way of encouraging CO2 - a typically unreactive gas - to react with the petrochemical raw materials used in the making of many plastics.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2017
The trouble is that CO2 is a very stable, unreactive molecule.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 10, 2015
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