Letter S - Chemistry dictionary by Futura-Sciences

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Salinity Salinity is the mass of salts contained in 1 kg of seawater. ...	Salting out Chemistry Salting out means the separation of a substance in ...
Saponification Saponification is the opposite reaction to esterification, ...	Scheelite Scheelite is tungsten ore with the formula CaWO4 (calcium ...
Semi-crystalline polymer. A semi-crystalline polymer has crystalline regions (usually ...	Semi-permeable membrane A semi-permeable membrane is one that only allows solvents ...
Simazine Simazine (C7H12ClN5) is a synthetic herbicide in the ...	Sodium Sodium is a chemical element, symbol Na and atomic number ...
Soft acid A soft acid is a Lewis acid with a strongly polarisable ...	Soft base A soft base is a Lewis base with a strongly polarisable ...
Solute A solute is a substance in solution dissolved by the ...	Solvent A solvent is a volatile liquid substance able to dissolve ...
Stereochemical formula A stereochemical formula is a three-dimensional ...	Stereoisomer Stereoisomers are molecules that differ in their ...
Structural formula A structural formula is the planar representation of a ...	Substitution Chemistry Substitution is the replacement of one or more ...
Substrate The term substrate is used in two fields: in botany and in ...	Supercooling In supercooling, matter is in a metastable state in which a ...
Surfactant A surfactant describes a chemical substance of which the ...