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IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology

 

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mu (in inorganic nomenclature)
M
machine (in analysis)
macrocycle
macrolides
macrometeorology (in atmospheric chemistry)
macromolecular
macromolecular isomorphism
macromolecule (polymer molecule)
macromonomer (1996, 68, 2304)
macromonomer (2004, 76, 896)
macromonomeric unit (macromonomer unit)
macromonomer molecule
macromonomer unit
macropore (in catalysis)
macroporous polymer
macroradical
macroscopic cross-section
macroscopic diffusion control
macroscopic film
macroscopic kinetics
magic acid
magnetic circular dichroism
magnetic coherence length (in thin films),
magnetic deflection (in mass spectrometry)
magnetic equivalence
magnetic field (B) scan (in mass spectrometry)
magnetic field strength, H
magnetic flux, phi
magnetic flux density (in Mossbauer spectroscopy)
magnetic flux density, B
magnetic induction
magnetic moment, m, mu
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
magnetic susceptibility
magnetic susceptibility (for paramagnetic materials...)
magnetic transition
magnetizability, xi
magnetization transfer
magnetogyric ratio, gamma
main chain (backbone) (of a polymer)
main-chain polymer liquid crystal
main-chain scission
mancude-ring systems
mancunide-ring systems
manipulator
manual (in analysis)
mapping (in biotechnology)
Marangoni effect
Marcus-Coltrin path
Marcus equation
Marcus-Hush relationship
Marcus inverted region (for electron transfer)
marker
Mark-Houwink equation
Markownikoff rule
martensitic transition
mass, m
mass analysis (in mass spectrometry)
mass-average velocity (in electrolytes)
mass balance (in atmospheric chemistry)
mass concentration, gamma, rho
mass density
mass density gradient, grad rho
mass-distribution function
mass distribution ratio
mass distribution ratio (in chromatography)
mass distribution ratio (in micellar electrokinetic chromatography)
mass distribution ratio (in micro-emulsion electrokinetic chromatography)
mass excess, delta
mass flow rate
mass-flow sensitive detector (in chromatography)
mass fraction, w
massic
massive transition
mass-law effect
mass number, A
mass (weight) of the stationary phase (in chromatography), Ws
mass peak (in mass spectrometry)
mass range (in mass spectrometry)
mass resolving power (in mass spectrometry)
mass spectrograph
mass spectrometer
mass spectrometer (operating on the linear accelerator principle)
mass spectrometer focusing system (deflection system)
mass spectrometric detector (in gas chromatography)
mass spectrometry
mass spectroscope
mass spectroscopy
mass spectrum
E/2 mass spectrum
mass-to-charge ratio (in mass spectrometry), m/z
mass transfer (in biotechnology)
mass transfer coefficient (in electrochemistry)
mass-transfer-controlled electrolyte rate constant
matched cells (in spectrochemical analysis)
material safety data sheet (MSDS)
matrix (in analysis)
matrix effect
matrix isolation
Mattauch-Herzog geometry
maximum allowable concentration (in atmospheric chemistry)
maximum emission concentration (in atmospheric chemistry)
maximum hardness, principle of
maximum latent period
maximum loading
maximum permissible daily dose
maximum permissible level (MPL)
maximum storage life
maximum tolerable concentration (MTC)
maximum tolerable dose (MTD)
maximum tolerable exposure level (MTEL)
maximum tolerated dose (MTD)
McLafferty rearrangement (in mass spectrometry)
mean (average)
mean activity of an electrolyte in solution
mean catalytic activity rate
mean current density
mean exchange current density
mean free path, lambda
mean interstitial velocity of the carrier gas (in chromatography)
mean life, tau
mean lifetime, tau
mean linear range (in nuclear chemistry)
mean mass range (in nuclear chemistry)
mean mass rate
mean residence time (of adsorbed molecules)
mean substance rate
mean volume rate
measurable quantity
measurand
measured excitation spectrum
measured spectrum
measured value (in analysis)
measurement
measurement resolution (in atmospheric trace component analysis)
measurement result
measurement solution (in analysis)
measurement threshold (of an analyser)
mechanical entrapment
mechanical hygrometer
mechanical inhibitor (in catalysis)
mechanization (in analysis)
mechanism (of a reaction)
mechanism-based inhibition
mechano-chemical reaction
median
median effective concentration (EC50)
median effective dose (ED50)
median lethal concentration (LC50)
median lethal dose (LD50)
median lethal time (TL50)
median narcotic concentration (NC50)
median narcotic dose (ND50)
medium
medium effect
medium-pressure mercury lamp (arc)
mega
meiosis
Meisenheimer adduct
Meker burner
melting
melting point (corrected/uncorrected)
membrane
membrane (in an ion-selective electrode)
membrane emf
membrane potential
membrane sites (in an ion-selective electrode)
memory effect (in atmospheric chemistry)
mer- (in inorganic nomenclature)
mer (in polymer chemistry)
mercaptals
mercaptans
mercaptides
mercaptoles
mercury flow system (in spectrochemical analysis)
mercury-xenon lamp (arc)
mero
merry-go-round reactor (turntable reactor)
meso
meso-compound
mesogen
mesogenic group
mesogenic monomer
mesogenic pitch
mesoionic compounds
mesolytic cleavage
mesomeric effect
mesomerism
mesomorphic phase
mesomorphic state
mesomorphic transition
mesopause (in atmospheric chemistry)
mesophase (1994, 66, 1139)
mesophase (2002, 74, 495)
mesophase pitch
mesophase pitch-based carbon fibres
mesophiles
mesopore (in catalysis)
mesoscale
mesosphere
meso structures (in polymers)
messenger RNA (mRNA)
metabolic half-life (metabolic half-time)
metabolism
metabolite
metal-carbene complexes
metal-carbyne complexes
metal distribution
metal-insulator transition
metallacycloalkanes
metallocenes
metalloenzyme
metallurgical coke
metal-nonmetal transition
metal to ligand charge transfer (MLCT) transition
metal to metal charge transfer (MMCT) transition
metamagnetic transition
metastability (of a phase)
metastable
metastable film
metastable ion (in mass spectrometry)
metastable miscibility
metastable miscible polymer blend
metastable state (in nuclear chemistry)
metastable state (in spectrochemistry)
metatectoid reaction
metathesis
methanogens
method of isotopic perturbation
methylene
methylidyne
methylotrophic microorganisms
metre
micellar catalysis
micellar mass
micellar solubilization
micellar weight
micelle
micelle charge
Michaelis constant
Michaelis-Menten kinetics
Michaelis-Menten mechanism
micro
microbial leaching
microcanonical rate constant
microcanonical variational transition-state theory (mVTST)
microcarrier (in biotechnology)
microclimatology
microelectrophoresis
microdomain morphology
microfiltration
microgel
microheterogeneity (in biochemistry)
micrometeorology
micro-network
microphotometer
micropore (in catalysis)
micropore filling (in catalysis)
micropore volume (in catalysis)
microporous carbon
microscopic chemical event
microscopic cross-section, sigma
microscopic diffusion control (encounter control)
microscopic electrophoresis
microscopic film
microscopic kinetics
microscopic reversibility at equilibrium
microsome
middle atmosphere
Mie scattering
migration
migration current
migration time (in capillary electrophoresis)
migration time of micelles (in micellar electrokinetic chromatography)
migratory aptitude
migratory insertion
milli
milligram equivalent of readability (of a precision balance)
millimetre of mercury
milling (grinding)
minimum consumption time (in flame emission and absorption spectrometry)
minimum density of states criterion
minimum-energy reaction path
minimum lethal concentration (LCmin)
minimum lethal dose (LDmin)
minus
minute (of arc)
miscibility
miscibility gap
miscibility window
miscible polymer blend
mist (in atmospheric chemistry)
mitochondria
mitosis
mixed control
mixed crystal (solid solution)
mixed energy release
mixed indicator
mixed labelled
mixed potential
mixing (in analytical chemistry)
mixing control
mixing height (in atmospheric chemistry)
mixing ratio (in atmospheric chemistry)
mixture
MLCT
mobile adsorption
mobile phase (in chromatography)
mobile-phase velocity (in chromatography), u
mobility (general)
mobility, mu
mobility (in aerosol physics)
Mobius aromaticity
mode
mode-locked laser
moderation (in nuclear chemistry)
moderator
modified active solid (in chromatography)
modified Arrhenius equation
modified sample
modifier (in solvent extraction)
modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus), E
Mohr amplification process (in analysis)
moiety
MOL file format
molal
molality, m, b
molar
molar absorption coefficient
molar absorptivity
molar activity (in radiochemistry)
molar average velocity (in electrolytes)
molar conductivity
molarity
molar-mass exclusion limit (in polymers)
molar refraction, R
mole
molecular anion
molecular beams
molecular cation
molecular conformation (of a polymer)
molecular connectivity index
molecular design
molecular dynamics
molecular dynamics (in drug design)
molecular entity
molecular formula
molecular graph
molecular graph theory
molecular graphics
molecular ion (in mass spectrometry)
molecularity
molecular kinetics
molecular laser
molecular mechanics calculation
molecular metal
molecular modeling
molecular nucleation (in polymers)
molecular orbital
molecular rearrangement
molecular Rydberg state
molecular shape
molecular sieve effect
molecular spectra
molecular weight
molecular-weight exclusion limit (in polymers)
molecule
molfile
molozonides
moment of a force, M
moment of inertia, I, J
momentum, p
momentum spectrum
monitoring
monochromator
monoclonal antibodies (MAbs)
monodisperse medium
monodisperse polymer
mono-energetic radiation
monoisotopic mass spectrum
monolayer
monolayer capacity
monomer
monomeric unit (monomer unit, mer)
monomer molecule
monomer unit
monosaccharides
monotectic reaction
monotectoid reaction
monotectoid temperature
monoterpenes
monoterpenoids
monothioacetals
monotropic transition
Monte Carlo (MC), method of
Monte Carlo study
mordant
More O'Ferrall-Jencks diagram
Morin transition
morphology
morphology coarsening
morphotropic transition
Morse potential
Mossbauer effect
Mossbauer thickness (in Mossbauer spectroscopy)
most probable distribution (in macromolecular assemblies)
Mott-Hubbard transition
Mott transition
MPP-based carbon fibres
mucopolysaccharides
Mulliken population analysis (MPA)
multi-centre bond
multi-centre reaction
multi-channel pulse height analyser
multicoat morphology
multiconfiguration SCF (MC SCF) method
multident
multienzyme
multienzyme complex
multienzyme polypeptide
multilayer
multilayer adsorption
multilayer aggregate (in polymer crystals)
multiphase copolymer
multiphoton absorption
multiphoton ionization (in mass spectrometry)
multiphoton process
multiple inclusion morphology
multiple ionization satellite (in X-ray spectroscopy)
multiple-pass cell (in spectrochemical analysis)
multiple peak scanning (in mass spectrometry)
multiple scattering
multiplex spectrometer
multiplicative name
multiplicity (spin multiplicity)
multiply labelled
multipole line (in X-ray spectroscopy)
multistage sampling
multi-strand chain (in polymers)
multi-strand macromolecule
multivariate statistics
munchnones
muonium
mustard oils
mustards
mutagen
mutagenesis
mutarotation
mutation
mutation rate (in biotechnology)
mutual inductance, M
Myelin cylinders

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