stoichiometry
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- stœchiometry (archaic)
- stoicheiometry (British)
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.
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Translations edit
the study of the relationships of reactants and products in chemical reactions
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