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isomer

(Encyclopedia) isomerisomerīˈsəmər [key], in chemistry, one of two or more compounds having the same molecular formula but different structures (arrangements of atoms in the molecule). Isomerism is…

salicylic acid

(Encyclopedia) salicylic acid or 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C6H4(OH)CO2H, a colorless, crystalline organic carboxylic acid that melts at 159℃; it is soluble in ethanol and ether but is only slightly…

Aberdeen, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia) Aberdeen Aberdeen ăbˈərdēnˌ [key]. 1 Town (2020 pop. 15,935), Harford co., NE Md., in a farm region; inc. 1892. Just south, on Chesapeake Bay, is the U.S.…

Thomas Kinkade

Thomas Kinkade was a wealthy and controversial mass-market artist of the late 20th and early 21st century. Thomas Kinkade called himself a "painter of light," specializing in sun-dappled meadows and…

State of the Union Address: Economic Agenda

Economic Agenda Tonight I will set out a better path, an agenda for a nation that competes with confidence, an agenda that will raise standards of living and generate new jobs. Americans…

hydrogen cyanide

(Encyclopedia) hydrogen cyanide, HCN, colorless, volatile, and extremely poisonous chemical compound whose vapors have a bitter almond odor. It melts at −14℃ and boils at 26℃. It is miscible in all…

glycerol

(Encyclopedia) glycerol,&sp;glycerin,&sp;glycerine, or 1,2,3-propanetriolglycerol,prōˈpāntrīˌŏl [key], CH2OHCHOHCH2OH, colorless, odorless, sweet-tasting, syrupy liquid. Glycerol is a…

ester

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Esters ester, any one of a group of organic compounds with general formula RCO2R′ (where R and R′ are alkyl groups or aryl groups) that are formed by the reaction between an…