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Chemical substance   /kˈɛməkəl sˈəbstəns/   Listen
Chemical substance

noun
1.
Material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules.  Synonym: chemical.






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"Chemical substance" Quotes from Famous Books



... rule each chemical substance has an individual crystal by which it can be distinguished. It is possible to classify the thousands of different crystals, since all belong to one of six classes, according as their surfaces are grouped ...
— Evolution - An Investigation and a Critique • Theodore Graebner

... eye is burned, either by sparks or by some burning chemical substance, cold cloths should be persistently applied to the eye. The softest rags or surgeon's lint should be cut up into small pieces that will just cover the eye. Dip these in the coldest water, and press it out a little, ...
— Papers on Health • John Kirk

... is the use of any licit or illicit chemical substance that results in physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral impairment ...
— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... best means that I can adopt for shewing its presence to so many at once, is to exhibit a very visible action of water, and then to apply that test to what is collected as a drop at the bottom of that vessel. I have here a chemical substance, discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy, which has a very energetic action upon water, which I shall use as a test of the presence of water. If I take a little piece of it—it is called potassium, as coming ...
— The Chemical History Of A Candle • Michael Faraday



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