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Definition of Exothermal
1. Adjective. (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat.
Also: Energy-releasing, Exoergic
Antonyms: Endothermic
Derivative terms: Exotherm
Definition of Exothermal
1. Adjective. exothermic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exothermal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exothermal
Literary usage of Exothermal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Explosives: A Synoptic and Critical Treatment of the Literature of the by Heinrich Brunswig (1912)
"A second class includes those compounds or mixtures that are also capable of
undergoing marked exothermal decomposition, but are less sensitive and ..."
2. Explosives and Their Power by Marcellin Berthelot, C. Napier Hake, William Macnab (1892)
"When the acid is in solution, the decomposition is in reality exothermal, ...
Finally, that of mercuric and silver oxalates is positively exothermal. 5. ..."
3. Modern Inorganic Chemistry by Joseph William Mellor (1912)
"According to the principle of maximum work, the exothermal reaction ought to go
completely to an end. Hence the principle is not in agreement with fact«. ..."
4. Nuclear Energy for Hydrogen Production by Verfondern, Karl (2007)
"In order to keep the contribution of external energy within reasonable limits,
it is necessary to recover a part of the heat rejected by exothermal ..."
5. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Thomas Atkinson Lawson (1897)
"... of carbon bisulphide takes place with the development of heat—that is, it
presents an exothermal reaction, like the decomposition of all explosives. ..."
6. Introduction to General Inorganic Chemistry by Alexander Smith (1907)
"In a system which is in equilibrium, of the two opposed interactions, that one
which is endothermal is promoted, •while that which is exothermal is resisted ..."
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