Definition & Meaning | English word NON-STOICHIOMETRIC

Definitions of NON-STOICHIOMETRIC

1. (chemistry, of a compound) Having elements that are not combined in a definite proportion

Examples of Using NON-STOICHIOMETRIC in a Sentence

• In the preburner, a small portion of propellant, usually fuel-rich, is partly combusted under non-stoichiometric conditions, increasing the volume of flow driving the turbopumps that feed the engine with propellant.
• In non-stoichiometric alloys, the temperatures of ordering decrease, and the range of anealing temperatures, where the alloy does not form microprecipitates, becomes smaller than for the stoichiometric material.
• Many metal oxides and sulfides have non-stoichiometric examples; for example, stoichiometric iron(II) oxide, which is rare, has the formula , whereas the more common material is nonstoichiometric, with the formula.
• accounting for the composition ranges of non-stoichiometric compounds by combining the ideas of Schottky and Wagner with those of Fowler and Lacher.

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