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| Intermolecular | Describes an interaction (e.g., a chemical reaction) between different molecules. | |
| Internal energy | The sum of the kinetic and potential energies (including electromagnetic field energies) of the particles that make up a system. | |
| Intramolecular | Describes an interaction (e.g., a chemical reaction) within a single molecule. Intramolecular interactions between widely separated parts of a molecule resemble intermolecular interactions in most respects. | |
| Ion | An atom or molecule with a net charge. | |
| Ionic bond | A chemical bond resulting chiefly from the electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions. | |
| Isoelectronic | Two molecules are described as isoelectronic if they
have the same number of valence electrons in similar
orbitals, although they may differ in their distribution
of nuclear charges (e.g., H-C N
and H-N+C-.
KineticPertaining to the rates of chemical reactions. A fast
reaction is said to have fast kinetics; if the balance of
products in a reaction is controlled by reaction rates
rather than by thermodynamic equilibria, the reaction is
said to be kinetically controlled. |
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