stoichiometric

American  

[stoi-kee-uh-me-trik] / ˌstɔɪ ki əˈmɛ trɪk /

Sometimes stoichiometrical

adjective

Chemistry.

1. of or relating to stoichiometry.

2. pertaining to or involving substances that are in the exact proportions required for a given reaction.

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stoichiometric British  

/ ˌstɔɪkɪəˈmɛtrɪk /

adjective

1. concerned with, involving, or having the exact proportions for a particular chemical reaction

   a stoichiometric mixture

2. (of a compound) having its component elements present in the exact proportions indicated by its formula

3. of or concerned with stoichiometry

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Other Word Forms

• stoichiometrically adverb

Etymology

Origin of stoichiometric

1890–95; < Greek stoicheîo ( n ) component (akin to stíchos stich ¹ ) + metric ²

Example Sentences

This led them to develop a computational method for quantifying the life-death boundary, which they call "stoichiometric rays."

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

"We started to get a glimpse of the high activity for C-H activation early during our stoichiometric studies," said Roque.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

Traditionally, stoichiometric variations of the phytoplankton and within the marine ecosystem were considered to have a relatively minor impact on marine biogeochemistry and, consequently, atmospheric CO2 levels.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2023

Antimony reacts readily with stoichiometric amounts of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine, yielding trihalides or, with excess fluorine or chlorine, forming the pentahalides SbF5 and SbCl5.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

Stas, in his stoichiometric researches, prepared chemically pure bromine from potassium bromide, by converting it into the bromate which was purified by repeated crystallization.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various