reactant
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5.9
- noun
- /riˈæktənt/
- Specialized
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reactante
- In a chemical reaction, hydrogen and oxygen are both important reactants that combine to form water.
- reactants and products
- gaseous reactants
- concentration of reactants
But you do run into the fact that this is UV reactant stuff.
- But you do run into the fact that this is UV reactant stuff.
Examples
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One possibility is to contain the reactants in plasma, the high-temperature form of matter.
Academic text (1999) -
Chemists often analyze how different reactants interact under various temperatures and pressures.
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I mean those are the reactants and the products.
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- Yeah, some of your reactants are off.
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Let me see... the missing reactant must have chlorine...
Fiction book (1994) -
The missing reactant can be identified by balancing the equation with respect to all atoms involved.
Fiction book (1994) -
Ozone is a reactant that is greatly involved in photochemical processes that can intensify atmospheric pollution.
Academic text (1993) -
The solid arrows indicate reactants and products coming in and out of a reaction; the dashed arrows indicate catalysis.
Academic text (2013) -
Chemist 3 said, "Your reactants versus your products are going to have some level of potential energy. If the reactants have a higher potential energy and the products have a lower potential energy, there's a release in energy."
Academic text (2012) -
For the experiment to succeed, you must carefully measure the amount of each reactant used in the solution.
Synonyms
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7.9
A chemical added to a sample to cause a reaction or to test for a substance
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7.5
A substance that an enzyme acts on during a chemical reaction
How Reactive
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Etymology
The word reactant comes from the parts re- 'again' and act 'do', the same root you see in action and actor. So a reactant is a substance that 'acts' and changes during a chemical reaction, acting in response to the reaction, which is why we call it a reactant.