Definition of unreactive in English:
unreactive
adjective ʌnrɪˈaktɪvˌənrēˈaktiv
Having little tendency to react chemically.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some unreactive metals react only very slowly, such as copper and lead.
- Nonmetals with eight valence electrons are chemically unreactive.
- Cooling molten silica below the melting point results in fused silica, a rigid, transparent substance, chemically unreactive to the vast majority of substances.
- John Hartwig and his team at Yale University meanwhile have found a simple way to add a functional group using borane reagents and a rhodium complex catalyst to the commonly unreactive alkanes at a fairly mild 150 Celsius.
- The most dense gas known, radon is colorless and chemically unreactive.