CHEMISTRY GLOSSARY

body-centered cubic lattice    →   prostorno centrirana kubična rešetka

Body-centered cubic lattice (bcc or cubic-I), like all lattices, has lattice points at the eight corners of the unit cell plus an additional points at the center of the cell. It has unit cell vectors a = b = c and interaxial angles α=β=γ=90°.

The simplest crystal structures are those in which there is only a single atom at each lattice point. In the bcc structures the spheres fill 68 % of the volume. The number of atoms in a unit cell is two (8 × 1/8 + 1 = 2). There are 23 metals that have the bcc lattice.

body-centered orthorhombic lattice    →   prostorno centrirana ortorompska rešetka

Body-centered orthorhombic lattice (orthorhombic-I), like all lattices, has lattice points at the eight corners of the unit cell plus an additional points at the center of the cell. It has unit cell vectors a≠b≠c and interaxial angles α=β=γ=90°.

dehydrogenation    →   dehidrogenacija

Dehydrogenation is a chemical reaction in which hydrogen is removed from a compound. Dehydrogenation of organic compounds converts single carbon-carbon bonds into double bonds. It is usually affected by means of a metal catalyst or in biological systems by enzyme dehydrogenases.

desalination    →   desalinizacija

Desalination is the removal of dissolved salts from seawater.

deuterium    →   deuterij

Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen that contains one neutron and one proton in its nucleus.

deuterium lamp    →   deuterijeva svjetiljka

Deuterium or hydrogen lamp is used as a source of continuous radiation in UV part of the spectrum.

dilution    →   razrjeđivanje

Dilution is the action of diluting or reducing the strength or concentration of a liquid, usually by the addition of water.

electrode    →   elektroda

Electrode is a conductor that emits or collects electrons in a electrolytic cell

emulsion    →   emulzija

Emulsion is a colloidal system in which the dispersed and continuous phases are both liquids (e.g. oil in water or water in oil). Such systems require an emulsifying agent to stabilize the dispersed particles.

body-centered tetragonal lattice    →   prostorno centrirana tetragonska rešetka

Body-centered tetragonal lattice (tetragonal-I), like all lattices, has lattice points at the eight corners of the unit cell plus an additional points at the center of the cell. It has unit cell vectors a=b≠c and interaxial angles α=β=γ=90°.