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

By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

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

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paramagnetism

Pascal (Pa)

patina

peptide

percent error

percent yield

period

periodic law

periodic table

periodic trend

periodicity

permanganate

petrochemistry

pH

pharmacology

phase

phase change

phase transition

pheromone

phosphate

photochemistry

photon

photosynthesis

physical change

physical chemistry

physical property

physics

phytochemical

piezoelectric

pnictogen

polymath

polymer

potential energy

PPM

precipitate

pressure

principal energy level

principal quantum number

principal species

prion

product

proof

property

protein

proton

protonation

psi (Ψ)

p-type semiconductor

pyramidal

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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