amounts of waste and reduces the availability of natural
resource.
Linear geometry
An arrangement of three or more atoms along a single
direction.
M
MAP
Modified Atmosphere Packaging, use of an inert gas instead
of air to prevent oxidation.
Mass spectroscopy Analytical technique that allows to measure the mass of
fragments generated from a starting molecular compound by
high energy bombardment.
MEA
Monoethanolamine, an organic species containing the
amino (NH 2 ) and alcohol (OH) moieties, of formula
H 2 NCH 2 CH 2 OH, used for the capture of CO 2 .
Merchant market
Global open market of a chemical product.
Mole
Is the counting unit (dozen) of Chemists. Its symbol is mol.
1 mol corresponds to 6.023.10
23 (the Avogadro number) of
something (atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, protons, or
eggs).
Molecular orbital
A bonding energy level extended to two or more atoms.
MTBE
Methylterbuthylether, H 3 C–O–C(CH 3 ) 3 now used as octane
number improver in gasoline instead of lead tetraethyl, PbEt 4.
Mtoe
Milliontonequivalent, energy content of a system, of a given
amount of fuel expressed as an equivalent amount of oil.
N
NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, an analytical spectroscopic technique
that allows to identify a nucleus and its bounding environment
through the specific influence on/by surrounding nuclei in a
magnetic field.
Nucleophile An electron-rich species that reacts with electron-poor species.
n-Type
An extrinsic semiconductor doped with donor species.
O
OECD
Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development that gathers 37 countries, active since 1961.
OECD members are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan,
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resource.
Linear geometry
An arrangement of three or more atoms along a single
direction.
M
MAP
Modified Atmosphere Packaging, use of an inert gas instead
of air to prevent oxidation.
Mass spectroscopy Analytical technique that allows to measure the mass of
fragments generated from a starting molecular compound by
high energy bombardment.
MEA
Monoethanolamine, an organic species containing the
amino (NH 2 ) and alcohol (OH) moieties, of formula
H 2 NCH 2 CH 2 OH, used for the capture of CO 2 .
Merchant market
Global open market of a chemical product.
Mole
Is the counting unit (dozen) of Chemists. Its symbol is mol.
1 mol corresponds to 6.023.10
23 (the Avogadro number) of
something (atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, protons, or
eggs).
Molecular orbital
A bonding energy level extended to two or more atoms.
MTBE
Methylterbuthylether, H 3 C–O–C(CH 3 ) 3 now used as octane
number improver in gasoline instead of lead tetraethyl, PbEt 4.
Mtoe
Milliontonequivalent, energy content of a system, of a given
amount of fuel expressed as an equivalent amount of oil.
N
NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, an analytical spectroscopic technique
that allows to identify a nucleus and its bounding environment
through the specific influence on/by surrounding nuclei in a
magnetic field.
Nucleophile An electron-rich species that reacts with electron-poor species.
n-Type
An extrinsic semiconductor doped with donor species.
O
OECD
Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development that gathers 37 countries, active since 1961.
OECD members are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan,
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