chemical processes
Substances changing form
Chemical processes are the transformations that occur when substances interact to form new substances with different properties.
These reactions involve the breaking and forming of chemical bonds, whether through combustion, oxidation, fermentation, or countless other mechanisms.
Industrial chemical processes convert raw materials into useful products like plastics, fuels, and pharmaceuticals.
In broader usage, the term encompasses any systematic series of chemical reactions, from digestion in living organisms to the refining of crude oil.
- refiningRemoving unwanted elements
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- chain reactionSelf-sustaining causal sequence
- photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
- carbon cycleBiogeochemical element circulation process
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Form shifts, same substance
phase transitions · evaporation · melting · deformation · mixing
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Unengineered occurrences in nature
geological processes · weathering · organic decay · industrial processes
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Transformations within atomic nuclei
biological processes · radioactive decay · fission · fusion · metabolic processes
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