CHEMISTRY GLOSSARY
Results 1–4 of 4 for simetrija
crystal system → kristalni sustav
Crystal system is a method of classifying crystalline substances on the basis of their unit cell. There are seven unique crystal systems. The simplest and most symmetric, the cubic (or isometric) system, has the symmetry of a cube. The other six systems, in order of decreasing symmetry, are hexagonal, tetragonal, rhombohedral (also known as trigonal), orthorhombic, monoclinic and triclinic.
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Crystal system
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Unit-cell
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Conditions on unit-cell edges and angles |
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cubic |
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a=b=c α=β=γ=90° |
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hexagonal |
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a≠c α=γ=90° β=120° |
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tetragonal |
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a=b≠c α=β=γ=90° |
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rhombohedral |
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a=b=c α=β=γ≠90° |
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orthorhombic |
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a≠b≠c α=β=γ=90° |
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monoclinic |
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a≠b≠c α=γ=90°≠β |
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triclinic |
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a≠b≠c α≠β≠γ≠90° |
Curie → Curie
Maria Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French chemist who went to Paris in 1891. She married the physicist Pierre Curie (1859-1906) in 1985 and soon began work on seeking radioactive elements other than uranium in pitchblende (to account for its unexpectedly high radioactivity). By 1898 she had discovered radium and polonium although it took her years to purify them. In 1903 the Curies shared the Nobel Prize for physics with Henri Becquerel, who had discovered radioactivity.
nonpolar molecule → nepolarna molekula
Nonpolar molecule is a molecule which has no separation of charge, so no positive or negative poles are formed. For example, the Cl2 molecule has no polar bonds (molecule with one type of atom), CH4 is a non-polar molecule (due to its symmetry). Nonpolar molecules do not dissolve in water as they cannot form hydrogen bonds (thus are hydrophobic) but do dissolve in lipids or fats (lipophilic).
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Generalic, Eni. "Simetrija." Croatian-English Chemistry Dictionary & Glossary. 29 June 2022. KTF-Split. {Date of access}. <https://glossary.periodni.com>.
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