HEAT OF FORMATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("heat of formation" is a kind of...):

heat; heat energy (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)

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