Definition of Chemical property

1. Noun. A property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity.

Generic synonyms: Property
Specialized synonyms: Volatility

Definition of Chemical property

1. Noun. (chemistry) Any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical reaction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemical Property

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Literary usage of Chemical property

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General Chemistry for Colleges by Alexander Smith (1921)
"Now this is not a rule confined to these reactions, but represents a general chemical property of the atomic weight of each element, and a property which we ..."

2. Contributions by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sanitary Research Laboratory and Sewage Experiment Station (1914)
"The chemical property of composition refers to the type or kind of sewage. For example, the wastes of the various manufacturing industries differ from one ..."

3. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture Course for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1897)
"chemical property.— Electroplating, electrotyping, the extraction of aluminium and other metals from their ores, the production of sodium and chlorine from ..."

4. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"Another characteristic chemical property of cottonseed oil is the color which is produced in the Halphen reaction, which has already been described. ..."

5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"The statement by Mr. Ferguson — I' That a cutting can only be a multiplier ; and being of the same age, and same chemical property, must perform the same ..."

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