stoichiometry
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined as German Stöchiometrie by Jeremias Benjamin Richter in 1792. From Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon, “element”) + -metry.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]stoichiometry (countable and uncountable, plural stoichiometries)
- (uncountable, chemistry) The study and calculation of quantitative (measurable) relationships of the reactants and products in chemical reactions (chemical equations).
- (countable, chemistry) The quantitative relationship between the reactants and products of a specific reaction or equation.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the study of the relationships of reactants and products in chemical reactions
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