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  2. Chemical stability - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, chemical stability is the thermodynamic stability of a chemical system, in particular a chemical compound or a polymer. [1] Colloquially, it may instead refer to kinetic persistence , the shelf-life of a metastable substance or system; that is, the timescale over which it begins to degrade.

  3. Determination of equilibrium constants - Wikipedia

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    When determining the stability constants for ternary complexes, M p A q B r it is common practice the fix the values for the corresponding binary complexes M p′ A q′ and M p′′ B q′′, at values which have been determined in separate experiments. Use of such constraints reduces the number of parameters to be determined, but may result ...

  4. Octet rule - Wikipedia

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    The bonding in carbon dioxide (CO 2): all atoms are surrounded by 8 electrons, fulfilling the octet rule.. The octet rule is a chemical rule of thumb that reflects the theory that main-group elements tend to bond in such a way that each atom has eight electrons in its valence shell, giving it the same electronic configuration as a noble gas.

  5. List of elements by stability of isotopes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of chemical elements by the stability of their isotopes. Of the first 82 elements in the periodic table, 80 have isotopes considered to be stable. [1] Overall, there are 251 known stable isotopes in total.

  6. Dissociation constant - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacology, a dissociation constant (K D) is a specific type of equilibrium constant that measures the propensity of a larger object to separate (dissociate) reversibly into smaller components, as when a complex falls apart into its component molecules, or when a salt splits up into its component ions.

  7. Chemical equilibrium - Wikipedia

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    In a chemical reaction, chemical equilibrium is the state in which both the reactants and products are present in concentrations which have no further tendency to change with time, so that there is no observable change in the properties of the system. [1] This state results when the forward reaction proceeds at the same rate as the reverse ...

  8. Equilibrium chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Equilibrium chemistry is concerned with systems in chemical equilibrium.The unifying principle is that the free energy of a system at equilibrium is the minimum possible, so that the slope of the free energy with respect to the reaction coordinate is zero.

  9. Dynamic equilibrium - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, the rates of forward and backward reactions are equal to each other. Equilibria involving the formation of chemical complexes are also dynamic equilibria and concentrations are governed by the stability constants of complexes. Dynamic equilibria can also occur in the gas phase as, for example when nitrogen dioxide dimerizes.