Chemical property
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The phrase "Chemical property" is context-dependent, but generally refers to the material's behaviour at ambient conditions (i.e. room temperature, 1 atmosphere pressure, oxygen-bearing atmosphere). This property becomes apparent during a chemical reaction, and can only be observed by changing a substance's chemical identity.
A usefully general term, it is used to encompass
- electronegativity
- ionization potential
- flammability
- preferred oxidation state(s)
- coordination number
- preferred types of bonds to form e.g., metallic, ionic, covalent
See also
- Periodic table: Periodic table group, Ionic
- People: Linus Pauling
- Lists: List of chemistry topics, List of biochemistry topics
- Physical property
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