reactant

noun

re·ac·tant rē-ˈak-tənt

: a substance that enters into and is altered in the course of a chemical reaction

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web According to one study, there are actually five levels of boredom: indifferent, calibrating, searching, reactant, and apathetic. —

Joey Camire, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2020 For our purposes, level three (searching) and level four (reactant) are the most relevant. —

Joey Camire, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2020 The Chinese scientists added polyethylene glycol into the reactant mix when building their COF compound, which effectively bridged the porous spaces to create a version that was much more compact and flexible. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 July 2019 Nasal swabs would be collected from a patient, placed into a tube and mixed with a reactant. —

Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 29 Jan. 2020 Modern suits come equipped with tiny, microscopic balls of heat-reactant chemicals that helped protect astronauts from the frigid temps. —

Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2019 Each bubble contains its own set of reactants, which can be coalesced by driving the bubbles together. —

Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 26 July 2019 In this case, the researchers flow the reactants through the chamber in a single direction, and the nanotubes grow along the same direction as that flow. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 May 2018 This was accomplished through a variant of a standard technique called chemical vapor deposition, in which the reactants that generate the nanotube are present in the atmosphere of the reaction chamber. —

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