stoichiometry

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Noun — The branch of chemistry concerned with calculating the measurable amounts of reactants and products in a chemical reaction.

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It is a specialist chemistry term rarely used outside scientific or academic writing.

Etymology

The word was coined in German as Stöchiometrie by Jeremias Benjamin Richter in 1792. It comes from the Ancient Greek stoikheion, meaning element, combined with the suffix -metry, meaning measurement.

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Frequently asked questions

What does stoichiometry mean in chemistry?

It is the study of the quantitative relationships between the reactants and products in a chemical reaction, used to calculate how much of each substance is involved.

Who coined the term stoichiometry?

It was coined in German as Stöchiometrie by Jeremias Benjamin Richter in 1792, built from a Greek word for element.

Why do chemists use stoichiometry?

They use it to work out the exact amounts of reactants needed and products formed in a reaction, based on the balanced chemical equation.

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