inorganic substance

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inorganic
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.ɔːˈɡæn.ɪk/us
/ˌɪn.ɔːrˈɡæn.ɪk/
not being or consisting of living material, or (of chemical substances) containing no carbon or only small amounts ...
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substance
noun
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/ˈsʌb.stəns/us
/ˈsʌb.stəns/
material with particular ...
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Her ring flames allow her to break down anyinorganicsubstanceinto a swamp-like pit.
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Nonintegrated implants contain no unique apparatus for attachments to the extraocular muscles and do not allow in-growth of organic tissue into theirinorganicsubstance.
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In biology, mineralization refers to a process where an organism produces aninorganicsubstance.
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They are able to reverse the spontaneous course of entropy increase and convert high-entropy inorganic substances into low-entropy life-sustaining molecules.
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Particulate matter is a complex mixture of organic and inorganic substances.
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An appropriate solution must be found to the problem of inorganic substances.
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I also feel that inorganic substances must be handled differently to organic chemicals.
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The mineral estate of the land includes all organic and inorganic substances that form a part of the soil.
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Soil contaminated with inorganic substances can be left under the blocks to be built with certain restrictions.
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The following table lists a number of other inorganic substances that may cause interference.
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Inorganic substances such as colloidal ferric chloride or molybdenum compounds supposedly acted as cofactors and catalysts.
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The clathrates, first described in 1949, consist of a noble gas atom trapped within cavities of crystal lattices of certain organic and inorganic substances.
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They are immune to most poisons and toxic inorganic substances, which they can usually resist and expel from their bodies with minor difficulties.
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He synthesized many organic compounds from inorganic substances and disproved the theory of vitalism.
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After the nature of combustion was settled, another dispute, about vitalism and the essential distinction between organic and inorganic substances, began.
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These include nitrogenous compounds, such as amino acids, and inorganic substances such as minerals.
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It is a myth that a grain of sand or grit can cause a pearl to form, as nacre does not adhere to inorganic substances.
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Since soil water is never pure water, but contains hundreds of dissolved organic and inorganic substances, it may be more accurately called the soil solution.
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Some sources also limit the use of the term cofactor to inorganic substances.
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They are the first choice for decomposing organic and inorganic substances.
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