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equilibrium, chemical

(Encyclopedia)equilibrium, chemical: see chemical equilibrium. ...

bond, chemical

(Encyclopedia)bond, chemical: see chemical bond. ...

SALT, acronym for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

(Encyclopedia)SALT, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks: see disarmament, nuclear. ...

Great Salt Plains Dam

(Encyclopedia)Great Salt Plains Dam, on Salt Fork, a tributary of the Arkansas River, NW Okla., near Enid. The dam was authorized in 1936 as a federal project and completed in 1941. In a salt-encrusted plains area,...

saturation, of an organic compound

(Encyclopedia)saturation, of an organic compound, condition occurring when its molecules contain no double or triple bonds and thus cannot undergo addition reactions. For example, ethane (H3C–CH3) is a saturated ...

chemical engineering

(Encyclopedia)chemical engineering: see engineering. ...

Chemical Ali

(Encyclopedia)Chemical Ali: see Majid, Ali Hassan al-. ...

chemical equilibrium

(Encyclopedia)chemical equilibrium, state of balance in which two opposing reversible chemical reactions proceed at constant equal rates with no net change in the system. For example, when hydrogen gas, H2, and iod...

copper, chemical element

(Encyclopedia)copper, metallic chemical element; symbol Cu [Lat. cuprum=copper]; at. no. 29; at. wt. 63.546; m.p. 1,083.4℃; b.p. 2,567℃; sp. gr. 8.96 at 20℃; valence +1 or +2. Copper and some of its alloys ha...

chemical equation

(Encyclopedia)chemical equation, group of symbols representing a chemical reaction. There are a number of other symbols used in chemical equations. A symbol written above or below the reaction arrow indicates spe...