| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Heat of reaction | Mining | The quantity of heat consumed or liberated in a chemical reaction as heat of combustion, heat of neutralization, or heat of formation. For example, the number of calories of heat absorbed when 1 g at wt of carbon reacts with 1 g mol wt of oxygen to form 1 g mol wt of carbon dioxide. (references) | |
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