Absorbed: Used in context of general equities. Securities are 'absorbed' as long as there are corresponding orders to buy and sell. The market has reached the absorption point when further assimilation is impossible without an adjustment in price. See: Sell the book.

 

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Absorbed: Used in context of general equities. Securities are 'absorbed' as long as there are corresponding orders to buy and sell. The market has reached the absorption point when further assimilatio . . . View Full Definition

Enthalpy Of Solution: The heat absorbed or released when a solute is dissolved in a solvent. The heat of solution depends on the nature of the solute and on its concentration in the final solution.

Excited State: An atom or molecule which has absorbed energy is said to be in an excited state. Excited states tend to have short lifetimes; they lose energy either through collisions or by emitting photon . . . View Full Definition

Hesss Law: The heat released or absorbed by a process is the same no matter how many steps the process takes. For example, given a reaction A rightarrow B, Hess's law says that deltah for the reaction . . . View Full Definition

Infrared Spectroscopy: A technique for determining the structure (and sometimes concentration) of molecules by observing how infrared radiation is absorbed by a sample.

Enthalpy Of Reaction: The heat absorbed or released by a chemical reaction running at constant pressure.

Enthalpy: Enthalpy (H) is defined so that changes in enthalpy (deltah) are equal to the heat absorbed or released by a process running at constant pressure. While changes in enthalpy can be measured u . . . View Full Definition

Absorbance: (A, D, E) optical density; extinction; decadic absorbance. A measure of the amount of light absorbed by a sample. The absorbance (A) equals minus the base-10 log of the transmittance.

Calorimeter: An insulated vessel for measuring the amount of heat absorbed or released by a chemical or physical change.

Calorimetry: Experimental determination of heat absorbed or released by a chemical or physical change.