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superalkali

superalkali noun: any material that has a very small electron affinity.

Noun

superalkali (plural superalkalis)

  1. Any material that has a very small electron affinity
    • We have proposed a new class of alkalides by sandwiching alkali atoms (M) between two Li3O superalkali clusters at MP2/6-311++G(d,p) level.2016, Ambrish Kumar Srivastava, Neeraj Misra, “Competition between Alkalide Characteristics and Nonlinear Optical Properties in OLi3-M-Li3O (M=Li, Na and K) Complexes”, in arXiv

Forms of superalkali

pluralsuperalkalis

Origin of superalkali

From super- + alkali.

Questions about superalkali

What does superalkali mean?
Superalkali means any material that has a very small electron affinity.
What part of speech is superalkali?
Superalkali is a noun.
What is the plural of superalkali?
The plural of superalkali is superalkalis.

Words near superalkali in the dictionary

  1. superalgorithms
  2. superaligned
  3. superalignment
  4. superalignments
  5. superalimentation
  6. superalkali
  7. superalkaline
  8. superalkalinity
  9. superalkalis
  10. superallergen
  11. superallergens

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