high-pressure chemistry

high-pressure chemistry

[′hī ¦presh·ər ′kem·ə·strē]
(physical chemistry)
The study of chemical reactions and phenomena that occur at pressures exceeding 10,000 bars (a bar is nearly equivalent to a kilogram per square centimeter), mainly concerned with the properties of the solid state.
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- high-pressure chemistry began in 1954 and became a separate section about 1960.
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