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🔢 With nilpotent elements ⚗️ Not reacted 🔊 Not made simpler
nonreduced

nonreduced

7.9
A chemical form that has not gained electrons and stays in a more positive state
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.rɪˈdjuːst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no reducido
  • Scientists measured the nonreduced form of the compound to compare its properties with the reduced form.

Examples

  • It is important to keep the solution nonreduced during this stage of the experiment.

  • The sample remained nonreduced even after several hours of heating in the laboratory.

  • The compound remained nonreduced after the experiment.

  • In this reaction, the product is nonreduced.

  • The sample remained nonreduced even after several hours of heating in the laboratory.

  • To ensure accurate results, it is essential to maintain the solution nonreduced throughout the experiment.

  • Scientists examined the nonreduced version of the compound to understand its stability compared to the reduced form.

Synonyms

unreduced
vsnonreduced
1 6.5

Still at the same size, amount, or strength as before

is specific to chemistry and means it remains in a higher oxidation state

How Reduced

reduced
1.6
nonreduced
  • Specialized
7.9

Surface Forms

nonreduced positive

Morphology

nonreduced = reduced (semi-transparent) = non + reduce + ed

The negation 'non-' is straightforward, but understanding the sense requires chemistry knowledge of what 'reduced' means in redox reactions.

Etymology

Nonreduced comes from the prefix non- meaning 'not' and reduced meaning 'made smaller or simpler'. In chemistry, a nonreduced compound did not go through the chemical change called 'reduction', so it stays in the higher form rather than the 'reduced' form.