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  2. List of unsolved problems in chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Protein folding problem: Is it possible to predict the secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of a polypeptide sequence based solely on the sequence and environmental information? Inverse protein-folding problem: Is it possible to design a polypeptide sequence which will adopt a given structure under certain environmental conditions?

  3. Chemical formula - Wikipedia

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    A molecular formula enumerates the number of atoms to reflect those in the molecule, so that the molecular formula for glucose is C 6 H 12 O 6 rather than the glucose empirical formula, which is CH 2 O. However, except for very simple substances, molecular chemical formulae lack needed structural information, and are ambiguous.

  4. Formula - Wikipedia

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    A molecular formula enumerates the number of atoms to reflect those in the molecule, so that the molecular formula for glucose is C 6 H 12 O 6 rather than the glucose empirical formula, which is CH 2 O. Except for the very simple substances, molecular chemical formulas generally lack needed structural information, and might even be ambiguous in ...

  5. Fluoroboric acid - Wikipedia

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    The term "fluoroboric acid" usually refers to a range of compounds including hydronium tetrafluoroborate ([H 3 O] + [BF 4] −), which are available as solutions. The ethyl ether solvate is also commercially available, where the fluoroboric acid can be represented by the formula [H((CH 3 CH 2) 2 O) n] + [BF 4] −, where n is 2.

  6. Mass fraction (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    The very ambiguous terms percent solution and percentage solutions with no other qualifiers continue to occasionally be encountered. In thermal engineering, vapor quality is used for the mass fraction of vapor in the steam. In alloys, especially those of noble metals, the term fineness is used for the mass fraction of the noble metal in the alloy.

  7. Molar concentration - Wikipedia

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    Molar concentration or molarity is most commonly expressed in units of moles of solute per litre of solution. [1] For use in broader applications, it is defined as amount of substance of solute per unit volume of solution, or per unit volume available to the species, represented by lowercase : [2]

  8. Solid solution - Wikipedia

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    Olivine is described by the formula (Mg, Fe) 2 SiO 4, which is equivalent to (Mg 1−x Fe x) 2 SiO 4. The ratio of magnesium to iron varies between the two endmembers of the solid solution series: forsterite (Mg-endmember: Mg 2 SiO 4) and fayalite (Fe-endmember: Fe 2 SiO 4) [2] but the ratio in olivine is not normally defined. With increasingly ...

  9. Structural formula - Wikipedia

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    Skeletal structural formula of Vitamin B 12.Many organic molecules are too complicated to be specified by a molecular formula.. The structural formula of a chemical compound is a graphic representation of the molecular structure (determined by structural chemistry methods), showing how the atoms are connected to one another. [1]