unstable compound

collocation in English

meaningsofunstableandcompound

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unstable
adjective
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/ʌnˈsteɪ.bəl/us
/ʌnˈsteɪ.bəl/
not solid and firm and therefore not strong, safe, or likely ...
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compound
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒm.paʊnd/us
/ˈkɑːm.paʊnd/
chemistryspecialized
a chemical that combines two or ...
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(Definition ofunstableandcompoundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We must bear in mind that penicillin is anunstablecompound.
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Silicon tetraazide is anunstablecompoundthat easily detonates.
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As with other cyclopropanes, ring tension results in a relativelyunstablecompound.
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Here under sufficiently hot and humid conditions it could have reacted with the ammonium nitrate to form nitrogen trichloride which is an exceedinglyunstablecompound.
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Rodents metabolize it mostly to 3,4-coumarin epoxide, a toxic,unstablecompoundthat on further differential metabolism may cause liver cancer in rats and lung tumors in mice.
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The manager must also be acutely aware of safety standards in the handling and storing of radioactive, volatile, flammable and unstable compounds.
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Nitrogen is notable for the range of explosively unstable compounds that it can produce.
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Amatol should not be stored in containers made from copper or brass, as it can form unstable compounds sensitive to vibration.
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This can also occur when taking certain unstable compounds, such as organic azides and acetylides, nitro-containing compounds, molecules with strain energy, etc. to dryness.
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The dihydroazulene alcohol and delicial are unstable compounds, which react to form further products.
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