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DOI: 10.1351/goldbook
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absolute activity
absolute electrode potential
absorbance
absorptance
absorption coefficient
absorption cross-section
absorption intensity
abstraction process
abundance sensitivity
accelerating voltage scan
acceleration
activated adsorption process
activated complex
activation
activation
activation energy
activation reaction
active metal
active site
active state
activity
activity
activity coefficient
adduct ion
adhesional wetting
adiabatic
adiabatic ionization
adiabatic transition-state theory
adiabatic treatments of reaction rates
adsorption capacity
adsorption complex
adsorption hysteresis
adsorption isobar
adsorption isostere
adsorptive
affinity of reaction
aggregate
amount concentration
amount fraction
amount of substance
amount-of-substance concentration
amount-of-substance fraction
ampere
amphipathic
angle
angle of optical rotation
angular distribution
angular frequency
angular momentum
anode
anodic transfer coefficient
anti-thixotropy
apparent
apparent viscosity
appearance energy
area of interface
Arrhenius equation
association reaction
associative ionization
asymmetric film
atmosphere
atmospheric pressure ionization
atom–molecule complex mechanism
atomic mass
atomic number
atomic orbital
attenuance
attenuation coefficient
atto
attractive potential-energy surface
attractive–mixed–repulsive classification
auto-ionization
autophobicity
average current density
Avogadro constant
α-cleavage
α-particle
backscatter
bar
barn
base peak
base quantity
base unit
batch reactor
becquerel
bending of energy bands
bimodal distribution
Bingham flow
black film
bohr
bond order
bond-energy-bond-order method
boson
Brønsted relation
branching chain reaction
branching ratio
break
break
bridge solution
bulk rheology
β-particle
cage effect
calorie
calorimetric titration
calorimetry
candela
canonical rate constant
canonical variational transition-state theory
capacitance
capillary condensation
carrier
catalyst
catalyst ageing
catalyst decay
catalytic coefficient
catalytic dehydrocyclization
catalytic hydrocracking
catalytic hydrodesulfurization
catalytic hydrogenolysis
catalytic methanation
catalytic reforming
cathode
cathodic transfer coefficient
cell constant
Celsius temperature
centi
centre
centrifugal barrier
chain branching
chain carrier
chain initiation
chain length
chain reaction
chain-propagating reaction
chalcogen bond
channel
chaperon
characteristic length
charge density
charge number
charge number
charge-exchange ionization
charge-exchange reaction
charge-inversion mass spectrum
charge-permutation reaction
charge-stripping reaction
charge-transfer adsorption
charge-transfer reaction
charge-transfer step
chemi-ionization
chemical activation
chemical induction
chemical ionization
chemical potential
chemical reaction equation
chemical shift
chemical substance
chemiluminescence
clausius
cluster ion
co-ions
coacervation
coagulation
coalescence
coherence length
coherent scattering
coherent structure
coking
col
collinear reaction
collision cross-section
collision density
collision diameter
collision efficiency
collision frequency
collision number
collision theory
collision-induced dissociation
collisional activation
collisional excitation
colloid
colloid osmotic pressure
colloidal
colloidal dispersion
colloidal electrolyte
colloidal suspension
colloidally stable
combined technique
compensation
competitive inhibition
complex coacervation
complex mechanism
complex-mode reaction
component
composite mechanism
compression factor
concentration
concentration overpotential
concentration-cell corrosion
conditional potential
conductivity
consecutive reactions
consistency
constituent
contact angle
contact corrosion
contact potential difference
continuous flow enthalpimetry
controlled temperature program
controlled-rate thermal analysis
conventional true value
cooling curve
corrosion
corrosion cell
corrosion potential
corrosion rate
coulomb
coulomb integral
cream
cream volume
creaming
critical energy
critical thickness of a film
crossed electric and magnetic fields
curie
current density
current distribution
current efficiency
dalton
data reduction
daughter ion
day
debye
deca
decadic absorbance
decay constant
decay time
deci
decibel
deflocculation
degeneracy
degenerate chain branching
degree
degree Celsius
degree Fahrenheit
degree of association
degree of dissociation
degree of ionization
degree of reaction
density
density of states
derivative technique
desorption
desorption by displacement
detailed balancing
detection limit
detergent
deuteriation
deuteron
diabatic coupling
dialysate
dialysis
dielectric polarization
dielectric thermal analysis
differential capacitance
differential diffusion coefficient
differential molar energy of adsorption
differential technique
differential viscosity
diffuse layer
diffusion coefficient
diffusion layer
diffusion layer thickness
diffusion potential
dilatancy
dilute solution
dimensionless Henry’s law solubility constant
dimensionless Henry’s law volatility constant
dimensionless quantities
dimeric ion
dipole length
direct reaction
direct-injection enthalpimetry
disintegration energy
disjoining pressure
dissociation energy
dissociative adsorption
dissociative ionization
dissociative surface reaction
dissymmetry of scattering
dividing surface
Donnan emf
Donnan equilibrium
doping
dose equivalent
double-focusing mass spectrograph
double-focusing mass spectrometer
dynamic fields mass spectrometer
dynamic mechanical analysis
dynamic surface tension
dynamic technique
dynamic viscosity
dyne
elastic collision
elastic scattering
electric charge
electric conductance
electric current
electric current density
electric dipole moment
electric displacement
electric field
electric mobility
electric polarizability
electric potential
electric potential difference
electric sector
electrified interphase
electro-osmotic pressure
electro-osmotic volume flow
electrocapillarity
electrocapillary equation
electrochemical potential
electrode current density
electrode potential
electrode process
electrode reaction
electrode reaction rate constants
electrodecantation
electrodeposition
electrokinetic potential
electromotive force
electron
electron affinity
electron attachment
electron energy
electron ionization
electron jump
electron kinetic energy
electron paramagnetic resonance
electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis
electron work function
electronegativity
electronvolt
electrophoresis
electroviscous effects
elementary charge
elementary entity
elementary reaction
embryo
emittance
emulsifier
emulsion
encapsulation
encounter
endergonic reaction
endothermic reaction
energized species
energy
energy of activation
enthalpimetric analysis
enthalpogram
enthalpy
enthalpy of activation
enthalpy of immersion
enthalpy of wetting
entitic quantity
entrance channel
entropy
entropy of activation
entropy unit
equilibrium constant
equilibrium dialysate
equilibrium distance
equilibrium film
equilibrium reaction
equivalent entity
erg
Esin and Markov coefficient
even-electron ion
exa
excess volume
exchange current
exergonic reaction
exit channel
exothermic reaction
experimental perturbational calculation
extensive quantity
extent
extent of reaction
external surface
farad
faradaic current density
Faraday cup collector
fast atom bombardment ionization
feed rate
femto
fermi
Fermi energy
Fermi level
fermion
field desorption
field ionization
field level
filling solution
film
film element
film tension
fixed neutral loss scan
fixed neutral loss spectrum
fixed precursor ion scan
fixed product ion scan
fixed product ion spectrum
flat band potential
floc
flotation
flow injection enthalpimetry
flow rate
flow reactor
fluence
fluidity
fluidized bed
flux
foam
foam fractionation
foaming agent
fog
foot
force
force constants
fouling agent
Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer
fraction
fractional selectivity
fragment ion
fragmentation reaction
franklin
free charge density on the interface
frequency
froth flotation
Frumkin effect
fugacity
fugacity coefficient
Galvani potential difference
gas flow
gauss
geminate recombination
general acid–base catalysis
general force field
generalized transition-state theory
Gibbs adsorption
Gibbs energy
Gibbs energy diagram
Gibbs energy of activation
Gibbs energy of repulsion
Gibbs film elasticity
Gibbs surface
giga
glass electrode error
gradientless reactor
gradual potential-energy surface
gram
gray
half life
hamiltonian operator
hartree
heat
heat capacity
heat capacity of activation
heat flux
heat-flow differential scanning calorimetry
hecto
helion
helium dead-space
Helmholtz energy
henry
Henry's law
Henry’s law constant
Henry’s law solubility constant
Henry’s law solubility constant (via b and p)
Henry’s law solubility constant (via c and p)
Henry’s law solubility constant (via x and p)
Henry’s law volatility constant
Henry’s law volatility constant (via p and c)
Henry’s law volatility constant (via p and w)
Henry’s law volatility constant (via p and x)
hertz
heterodisperse
heterogeneous diffusion rate constant
heterolytic dissociative adsorption
homolytic dissociative adsorption
hour
hydrogen gas electrode
ideal adsorbed state
ideal dilute solution
ideal gas
ideal mixture
illuminance
imbibition
immersional wetting
immobile adsorption
impact parameter
impedance
improved canonical variational transition-state theory
inch
indifferent absorbing ion
indirect reaction
induction period
inelastic scattering
inertial defect
information theory
inhibition
inhibitor
initial state correlations
initiation
initiator
inner electric potential
inner Helmholtz plane
inner layer
integral capacitance
intensity
intensity
intensive quantity
interaction distance
interface
interfacial concentration
interfacial double-layer
interfacial layer
interfacial layer width
intermediate
internal absorptance
internal energy
internal filling solution
internal surface
internal valence force field
interval analysis
intrinsic activation energy
ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer
ion energy loss spectra
ion exchange
ion kinetic energy spectrum
ion trap mass spectrometer
ion-free layer
ion-pair formation
ion/molecule reaction
ion/neutral species exchange reaction
ion/neutral species reaction
ionic conductivity
ionic dissociation
ionic strength
ionization cross-section
ionization efficiency
ionization efficiency curve
ionization energy
ionizing collision
isobars
isoelectric
isoelectric point
isoionic
isomer shift
isosteric enthalpy of adsorption
isothermal technique
isotope effect
isotopic ion
isotopic molecular ion
isotopic scrambling
isotopically enriched ions
joule
kelvin
kilo
kilogram
kinematic viscosity
kinematics
kinetic activity factor
kinetic energy
Krafft point
Langmuir–Hinshelwood mechanism
Langmuir–Rideal mechanism
laser ionization
latex
layer
least-squares technique
length
level
level width
light-atom anomaly
limiting current
line width
line width
line-of-centres model
linear strain
linked scan
lipid film
lipophilic
lipophilicity
lipophobic
Lippman's equation
liquid junction
litre
London–Eyring–Polanyi method
London–Eyring–Polanyi–Sato method
long-lived collision complex
Lorenz–Mie theory
lumen
luminous flux
luminous intensity
luminous quantities
lux
lyophilic
lyophilic sols
E/2 mass spectrum
macropore
macroscopic film
macroscopic kinetics
magnetic deflection
magnetic field scan
magnetic field strength
magnetic flux
magnetic flux density
magnetic flux density
magnetic moment
magnetic susceptibility
magnetizability
magnetogyric ratio
Marangoni effect
Marcus–Coltrin path
mass
mass analysis
mass concentration
mass excess
mass fraction
mass number
mass resolving power
mass spectrograph
mass spectrometer
mass spectrometer
mass spectrometry
mass spectroscopy
mass spectrum
mass transfer coefficient
mass-average velocity
mass-to-charge ratio
material
Mattauch–Herzog geometry
mean activity of an electrolyte in solution
mean current density
mean exchange current density
mean free path
mean residence time
medium effect
mega
membrane emf
membrane potential
mesomorphic phase
mesopore
metastable ion
metre
micellar mass
micellar solubilization
micelle charge
Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Michaelis–Menten mechanism
micro
micro- technique
microcanonical rate constant
microcanonical variational transition-state theory
microelectrophoresis
micropore
micropore filling
micropore volume
microporous carbon
microscopic diffusion control
microscopic electrophoresis
microscopic film
microscopic kinetics
microscopic reversibility at equilibrium
milli
minimum density of states criterion
minute
mixed energy release
mixed potential
mixing control
mixture
mobile adsorption
mobility
modified Arrhenius equation
modulated technique
modulated temperature technique
modulus of elasticity
molality
molar
molar refraction
molarity
mole
molecular beams
molecular dynamics
molecular ion
molecular kinetics
molecular orbital
molecular sieve effect
molecularity
moment of a force
moment of inertia
momentum
momentum spectrum
monodisperse medium
monoisotopic mass spectrum
monolayer
monolayer capacity
Mössbauer thickness
multilayer
multilayer adsorption
multiphoton ionization
multiple peak scanning
multiple scattering
muonium
mutual inductance
Myelin cylinders
ångström
nano
nanoscopic film
negative adsorption
negative ion
neper
Nernst's diffusion layer
net
net current
neutrino
neutron
neutron number
newton
Newton black film
Newton diagram
Newtonian fluid
Nier–Johnson geometry
non-calorimetric thermophysical measurements
non-equilibrium reaction
non-polarized interphases
non-specific adsorption
non-uniform corrosion
nonadiabatic coupling
normal
normal stress
nuclear quadrupole moment
nucleating agent
nucleation
nucleon
nucleon number
number concentration
number density
number of entities
odd-electron ion
ohm
open film
operational pH cell
optical rotatory power
optical spectroscopy
orbital energy
order of reaction
orthokinetic aggregation
oscillating reaction
oscillator strength
osmotic coefficient
osmotic pressure
out-of-plane bending coordinate
outer electric potential
outer Helmholtz plane
outgassing
overlap integral
overpotential
pair correlation length
parent ion
partial anodic current
partial charge exchange reaction
partial charge transfer reaction
partial isotherm
partial kinetic current
partial molar quantity
partition function
pascal
passivation
passivation potential
passive metal
passive state
paucidisperse system
percent
percentage exposed
perfectly polarized interphase
perikinetic aggregation
period
permeability
permeability of vacuum
permittivity
permittivity of vacuum
peta
pH
pH glass electrode
phase-space theory
phenomenological equation
photo- technique
photoadsorption
photochemical equivalence
photoelectrochemical cell
photoelectrolytic cell
photoelectron spectroscopy
photogalvanic cell
photoionization
photon
photon quantities
photosensitization
photovoltaic cell
physical quantity
physisorption
pico
pitting corrosion
planar film
plasma desorption ionization
plastic flow
plateau border
plug-flow
pnictogen bond
point of zero charge
poise
poison
polarization
polarized interphases
polydisperse medium
polyions
pooled standard deviation
pore size distribution
porosity
positive ion
positronium
potential at the point of zero charge
potential energy
potential-determining ions
potential-energy profile
potential-energy surface
power
power compensation differential scanning calorimetry
power level
pre-equilibrium
pre-exponential factor
precursor ion
pressure
pretreatment
principal ion
principal moments of inertia
prior distribution
probability
probability density
product
product ion
product state distribution
prolate trochoidal mass spectrometer
promoter
protected lyophobic colloid
protective action
proton
protonated molecule
pseudo rate constant
pulse reactor
quadrupole ion storage trap
quadrupole mass analyser
quadrupole splitting
quantity calculus
quasi-classical trajectory method
quasi-equilibrium
quasi-molecular ion
rad
radian
radiant energy
radiant energy density
radiant quantities
radioactivity
rate of consumption
rate of conversion
rate of formation
rate of nucleation
rate of reaction
rate-controlling step
rate-determining step
reactance
reactant
reaction barrier
reaction coordinate
reaction cross-section
reaction dynamics
reaction path degeneracy
reaction probability
reactive adsorption
reactive complex
reactive scattering
real potential of a species in a phase
rearrangement ion
rebound reaction
recoil-free fraction
reduced adsorption
reduced mass
reduced osmotic pressure
reference state
reference value pH standard
refractive index
regeneration
relative adsorption
relative atomic mass
relative density
relative electrode potential
relative micellar mass
relative molar mass
relative molecular mass
relative permeability
relative permittivity
relaxation
relaxation time
rem
repulsive potential-energy surface
residual liquid junction error
resistivity
resolution
resolution
resolving power
resolving power
resonance cross-section
resonance effect magnitude
resonance integral
retarder
rheology
rheopexy
Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel theory
Rice–Ramsperger–Kassel–Marcus theory
röntgen
rotational constants
rotational diffusion coefficient
rotational term
roughness factor
rupture
sample controlled technique
scan
scanning calorimetry
scanning method
scanning technique
scattering matrix
scattering plane
Schiller layers
Schulze–Hardy rule
second
second
secondary electron multiplier
secondary ionization
sediment
sedimentation coefficient
sedimentation field strength
sedimentation potential difference
sedimentation volume
selected ion monitoring
selective corrosion
selective poisoning
selectivity
self inductance
self-diffusion coefficient
self-poisoning
sensitivity
sensitization
separability assumption
shape selectivity
shear dependent viscosity
shear modulus
shear strain
shear stress
shear thinning
shear viscosity
shielding constant
SI
siemens
sievert
silver film
simple shear
simultaneous technique
single scattering
single-focusing mass spectrometer
smoke
soap
soap curd
soap film
sol
solid angle
solution
sorption
sorptive insertion
space charge
space time
space velocity
spark ionization
specific
specific acid–base catalysis
specific adsorption
specific pore volume
specific surface area
specifically absorbing ion
spectator-stripping reaction
spectral quantities
spectral radiant power
specular reflectance
speed
speed distribution function
spin–orbit coupling constant
spin–spin coupling constant
spread monolayer
spreading wetting
stable film, metastable film
stable ion
standard atomic weights
standard chemical potential
standard concentration
standard electrode potential
standard electromotive force
standard entropy of activation
standard equilibrium constant
standard Gibbs energy of activation
standard hydrogen electrode
standard molality
standard potential of an electrode reaction
standard potential of the reaction in a chemical cell
standard pressure
standard reaction quantities
standard state
standard thermodynamic quantities
state-to-state kinetics
static fields mass spectrometer
static technique
steady state
stepwise reaction
stepwise technique
steradian
steric factor
Stern layer
sticking coefficient
sticking probability
stirred flow reactor
stochastic theories
Stockholm convention
stoichiometric mean molal
stoichiometric number
stoichiometry
stokes
Stokes parameters
stratified film
streaming current
streaming potential difference
stripping reaction
strong collision
structure
substrate
sum of states
superequivalent adsorption
superficial work
superlattice
support
surface amount
surface charge density
surface chemical potential
surface concentration
surface coverage
surface density
surface dipole layer
surface electric potential
surface excess
surface excess concentration
surface excess conductivity
surface excess energy
surface excess enthalpy
surface excess entropy
surface excess Gibbs energy
surface excess Helmholtz energy
surface excess isotherm
surface ionization
surface ions
surface layer
surface of a phase
surface of tension
surface pressure
surface region
surface shear viscosity
surface states
surface stress
surface tension
surface work
surfactant
surprisal
surprisal analysis
suspension
swelling
swelling pressure
symmetrical films
symmetry number
syndet
tan $\delta$
tandem mass spectrometer
temperature
temperature jump
temperature-programmed desorption
temperature-programmed oxidation
temperature-programmed reduction
temporary poisoning
tera
term
term symbols
tesla
texture
thermal analysis
thermal conductance
thermal conductivity
thermal curve
thermal ionization
thermal resistance
thermally stimulated current
thermally stimulated depolarisation
thermo- technique
thermoanalytical
thermodiffractometry
thermodynamic temperature
thermogravimetric analysis
thermomanometry
thermomechanical analysis
thermometric titration
thermomicroscopy
thermospectrometry
thickness of diffusion layer
thickness of electrical double layer
thin film
third body
threshold energy
time
time
time-dependent stoichiometry
time-independent stoichiometry
time-of-flight mass spectrometer
tonne
torque
torr
total ion current
trajectory
transfer coefficient
transient phase
transition species
transition state theory
transition wavenumber
translational spectroscopy
transmission
transmittance
transport number
turnover frequency
ultrafiltrate
unactivated adsorption process
unified atomic mass unit
uniform corrosion
unstable ion
vacuum system
variational transition state theory
velocity
velocity
vertical ionization
vibrational term
virial coefficients
volt
volume fraction
volume of activation
volume strain
volume viscosity
watt
wavefunction
wavelength
wavenumber
weak collision
weber
weight
wetting tension
work
work hardening
work of adhesion
work of cohesion per unit area
work softening
x unit
yard
year
yield stress
yocto
yotta
zepto
zero point
zetta