Chemistry Dictionary
Terminology "K"
- K Capture
- Absorption of a K shell (n=1) electron by a proton as it is converted to a
neutron.
- Ketone
- Compound in which a carbonyl group is bound to two alkyl or two aryl
groups, or to one alkyl and one aryl group.
- Kinetic Energy
- Energy that matter processes by virtue of its motion.
- Kinetic-molecular Theory
- A theory, that attempts to explain macroscopic observations on gases in
microscopic observations on gases in microscopic observations on gases in
microscopic or molecular terms.