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Chemistry Glossary Terms Starting with the Letter F
Chemistry Glossary and Dictionary

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Fluids include liquids, gases and plasma (shown here).

Fluids include liquids, gases and plasma (shown here).

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This chemistry glossary offers definitions for terms which are commonly used in chemistry and chemical engineering.

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f subshell

face-centered cubic

Faraday (F)

fat

first law of thermodynamics

fission

fluid

fractional distillation

fluorescence

free radical

freezing

freezing point

freezing point depression

functional groups

functional moiety

fusion

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