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exergonic |
| a spontaneous reaction that releases free energy |
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| January 9 in chemistry |
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 1868 - Sören Sörensen born: indroduced concept of pH as a measure of hydrogen ion concentration; research on proteins, amino acids, and enzymes. |
| 1869 - Richard Abegg born: valence, especially Abegg's rule that the difference between the maximum positive and negative valence of an element is frequently eight. |
| 1928 - John W. Cahn born: thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions and diffusion; interfacial phenomena; periodic and quasi-periodic structures ("quasicrystals"). |
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