Definition of reagent in English:
reagent
noun rɪˈeɪdʒ(ə)ntriˈeɪdʒənt
A substance or mixture for use in chemical analysis or other reactions.
this compound is a very sensitive reagent for copper
Example sentencesExamples
- Nitrate was analysed in the same material using salicylic acid as a reagent.
- After coating the glass with a silane reagent containing aldehyde groups, they used Schiff's base chemistry to immobilise the protein molecules.
- All chemicals and reagents were of the highest purity available.
- When the catalyst is dissolved in the same solvent as the reagents, getting the catalyst back can be a difficult matter.
- Vapors from chemical warfare agents are converted to ions by a chemical-ionization reagent gas.
- Total free amino acids in the leaf extracts and in the phloem exudate were analysed with the ninhydrin reagent.
- There are literally hundreds of reagents not discussed here that can be categorized as electrophiles.
- This method resulted in an almost instant purification of molecules, using filtration to separate the chemical reagents from the products.
- Agglutination reaction was carried out using the reagents with the stool supernatants.
- More to the point, it has facilitated many reactions that depend upon acetic acid as a reagent or solvent.
- In addition, alkyl groups may correspond to reagents and intermediates in organic chemistry.
- In addition, the organic components of adjacent threads, particularly wool, can act as a source of corrosive reagents.
- There is no standard chemical reagent available that has this skeletal form - it must be constructed from scratch.
- It reacts with oxygen, acids, and other reagents only at higher temperatures.
- Over several centuries, they developed the ability to produce a number of important chemical reagents.
- Ozone is a strong electrophilic reagent which can attack the double bond found in alkenes.
- All other chemicals and reagents used were of the highest grade commercially available.
- But what happens to a chemical reaction if the reagents are not in an ideal ratio?
- The direction to use concentrated hydrochloric acid, a bench reagent, necessarily involved the addition of some water.
- The second phase comprises an organic solvent containing soluble reagents such as olefins.