or stoicheiometric or stoechiometric (ˌstɔɪkɪəˈmɛtrɪk)
adjective chemistry
1.
concerned with, involving, or having the exact proportions for a particular chemical reaction
a stoichiometric mixture
2.
(of a compound) having its component elements present in the exact proportions indicated by its formula
3.
of or concerned with stoichiometry
Word origin
C19: see stoichiometry
stoichiometric in American English
(ˌstɔikiəˈmetrɪk)
adjective Chemistry
1.
of or pertaining to stoichiometry
2.
pertaining to or involving substances that are in the exact proportions required for a given reaction
Also: stoichiometrical
Derived forms
stoichiometrically
adverb
Word origin
[1890–95; ‹ Gk stoicheîo(n) component (akin to stíchosstich1) + metric2]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, blip, plein-air, pogey, takedown
Examples of 'stoichiometric' in a sentence
stoichiometric
Under irradiation with visible light, hydrogen and oxygen were produced in stoichiometric amounts.
Tiziana Marino, Alberto Figoli, Antonio Molino, Pietro Argurio, Raffaele Molinari 2019, 'Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution in a Membrane Photoreactor Using Suspended NanosizedAu/TiO2 and Au/CeO2', ChemEngineeringhttp://www.mdpi.com/2305-7084/3/1/5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Template and copy always count as one species due their constraint of strict stoichiometric coupling.
András Szilágyi, István Zachar, Eörs Szathmáry 2013, 'Gause's principle and the effect of resource partitioning on the dynamical coexistenceof replicating templates.', PLoS Computational Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3749944?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We suggest stoichiometric mismatch resulting from a nutritionally unbalanced diet as a potential direct factor.
Michał Filipiak, Karolina Kuszewska, Michel Asselman, Bożena Denisow, Ernest Stawiarz,Michał Woyciechowski, January Weiner 2017, 'Ecological stoichiometry of the honeybee: Pollen diversity and adequate species compositionare needed to mitigate limitations imposed on the growth and development of bees bypollen quality', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0183236. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The neutralization reaction occurred in the stoichiometric ratio 1:1 in methanol.
Taízia Dutra Silva, Cibele Rodrigues Toledo, Cristina Duarte Vianna-Soares 2017, 'Development and validation of alternative methods by non-aqueous acid-base titrationand derivative ultraviolet spectrophotometry for quantification of sildenafil in rawmaterial and tablets', Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Scienceshttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502017000100608&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In this experimental study two mixtures of undiluted stoichiometric acetylene-oxygen and acetylene-nitrous oxide are examined.
Navid Mehrjoo, Rocco Portaro, Hoi Dick Ng 2014, 'A technique for promoting detonation transmission from a confined tube into largerarea for pulse detonation engine applications', Propulsion and Power Researchhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212540X14000042. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Red phosphorous was used as the stoichiometric reducing agent.
Michael Dobmeier, Josef M. Herrmann, Dieter Lenoir, Burkhard König 2012, 'Reduction of benzylic alcohols and α-hydroxycarbonyl compounds by hydriodic acid ina biphasic reaction medium', Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistryhttps://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.8.36. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, all the materials reported are stoichiometric.
Kohdai Ishida, Yuya Ikeuchi, Cédric Tassel, Hiroshi Takatsu, Craig M. Brown, HiroshiKageyama 2019, 'High-Pressure Synthesis of Non-Stoichiometric LixWO3(0.5 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) with LiNbO3 Structure', Inorganicshttps://www.mdpi.com/2304-6740/7/5/63. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This new stoichiometric phase crystallizes in an alluaudite-like structure.
Adam Bouraima, Abderrazzak Assani, Mohamed Saadi, Thomas Makani, Lahcen El Ammari 2015, 'Crystal structure of disodium dicobalt(II) iron(III) tris(orthophosphate) with analluaudite-like structure', Acta Crystallographica Section E: Crystallographic Communicationshttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2056989015007926. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In both sets of experiments, stoichiometric hydrogen peroxide was used as oxygen donor.
Ignazio Renato Bellobono, Roberto Scotti, Massimiliano D'Arienzo, Franca Morazzoni,Riccardo Bianchi, Rodica Stanescu, Cristina Costache, Liliana Bobirica, Gabriela Cobzaru,Paola Maria Tozzi, Mauro Rossi, Mauro Luigi Bonardi, Flavia Groppi, Luigi Gini 2009, 'Nonlinear Modelling of Kinetic Data Obtained from Photocatalytic Mineralisation of2,4-Dichlorophenol on a Titanium Dioxide Membrane', International Journal of Photoenergyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/631768. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)