exothermic

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ODH of alkanes is exothermic, and thus an attractive alternative to dehydrogenation.

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  1. adjective Releasing heat: an exothermic reaction.

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  • So we need what I call an exothermic economic reaction in space. —  Peter Diamandis on our next giant leap
  • The explosion occurred after an experiment in room 16-276 had an exothermic reaction, injuring the student's hands and arms. —  The Tech - MIT's Student Newspaper
  • Previously published calorimetric data of a closely related bacteriophage, P22, showed that capsid maturation was an exothermic process that resulted in a release of 90 kJ mol-1 of energy. —  Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • We propose that the major tertiary changes presented in this study reveal a structural basis for an exothermic maturation process probably present in many dsDNA bacteriophage and possibly viruses such as herpesvirus, which share the HK97 subunit fold. doi: 10.1038 / nature07686 —  Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • We propose that the major tertiary changes presented in this study reveal a structural basis for an exothermic maturation process probably present in many dsDNA bacteriophage and possibly viruses such as herpesvirus, which share the HK97 subunit fold. —  Naturejobs - All Jobs
 

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  1. from Greek ἒξω, outside, + θέρμη, heat, + -ic.
 

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/ɛksəˈθərmɪk/
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