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scavenger
has definitions from the fields of zoology,chemistry
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[ noun ] (chemistry) a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities
Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)Furthermore , the exchange would not be expected to be sensitive to trace amounts of impurities because it would not be apt to be a chain_reaction since the activation_energy for abstraction of chlorine by a chlorine atom would be expected to be too high ; also it would be expected that * * f would compete very effectively with any impurities as a scavenger for * * f radicals . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
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