unreactive
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1. unreactive - Adjective
2. unreactive - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
(chemistry) not reacting chemically
not tending to react to stimulation
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107 Pd– 107 Ag correlations observed in bodies that have clearly been melted since the accretion of the solar system must reflect the presence of unstable nuclides in the early solar system. citation Chemistry Silver is a rather unreactive metal.
Also, alkanes are generally unreactive chemically or biologically, and do not undergo functional group interconversions cleanly.
Chemical PCBs are fairly chemically unreactive, this property being attractive for its application as an inert material.
Greenwood and Earnshaw, p. 1255 Monazite is a chemically unreactive phosphate mineral that is found as yellow or brown sand; its low reactivity makes it difficult to extract thorium from it.
In such conditions the ice crystals of the cloud provide a suitable surface for conversion of unreactive chlorine compounds into reactive chlorine compounds, which can deplete ozone easily.
Nitrogen is an unreactive gas because breaking the strong triple bond in the dinitrogen molecule (N 2 ) requires a lot of energy.