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HOMOLYSIS [3 records]

Record 1 1998-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

The enthalpy(per mole) required to break a given bond of some specific molecular entity by homolysis [...]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Enthalpie (par mole) nécessaire au bris homolytique d'une liaison donnée d'une entité moléculaire [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Air Pollution
  • Chemistry
DEF

Symmetrical breaking of a covalent electron bond.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Chimie
DEF

Rupture symétrique d'une liaison covalente avec formation de deux particules de même charge possédant un nombre impair d'électrons (radicaux libres), comme dans la dissociation de la molécule de chlore, CL2 = 2CL.

OBS

[L'homolyse] [...] est l'inverse d'une colligation.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

The formation of a covalent bond by the combination or recombination of two radicals(the reverse of unimolecular homolysis).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

Formation d'une liaison covalente par combinaison ou recombinaison de deux radicaux (l'inverse d'une homolyse unimoléculaire).

Spanish

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