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GENERAL INFORMATION, CONVERSION TABLES, AND MATHEMATICS 2.27<br />

TABLE 2.6<br />

Abbreviations and Standard Letter Symbols (Continued)<br />

Capacity, volume<br />

Capacity, weight<br />

Cartesian space coordinates<br />

Celsius temperature<br />

Centimeter-gram-second<br />

system<br />

Centrifugal dis<strong>to</strong>rtion constants:<br />

A reduction<br />

S reduction<br />

Charge density of electrons<br />

Charge number of electrochemical<br />

reaction<br />

Charge number of an ion<br />

Chemically pure<br />

Chemical potential<br />

Chemical shift<br />

Circa (approximate)<br />

Circular frequency<br />

Circular wave vec<strong>to</strong>r:<br />

For particles<br />

For phonons<br />

Circumference divided by<br />

the diameter<br />

Citrate<br />

Coefficient of heat transfer<br />

Collision cross section<br />

Collision diameter<br />

Collision frequency<br />

Collision frequency fac<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Collision number<br />

Column volume<br />

Compare (confer)<br />

Complex refractive index<br />

Component of angular momentum<br />

Compressibility:<br />

Isentropic<br />

Isothermal<br />

Compression fac<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Compression modulus<br />

Comp<strong>to</strong>n wavelength of electron<br />

Comp<strong>to</strong>n wavelength of neutron<br />

Comp<strong>to</strong>n wavelength of<br />

pro<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Concentration (amount of<br />

substance)<br />

Concentration (mass)<br />

Concentration at peak<br />

maximum<br />

Concentration of solute in<br />

mobile phase<br />

Q V<br />

Q W<br />

x, y, z<br />

t,<br />

cgs<br />

, <br />

D, d<br />

<br />

n<br />

z<br />

CP<br />

<br />

<br />

ca.<br />

<br />

k<br />

q<br />

<br />

Cit<br />

h<br />

<br />

d<br />

Z<br />

z<br />

Z<br />

V col<br />

cf.<br />

nˆ<br />

k, K, m, M<br />

S<br />

T<br />

Z<br />

K<br />

c<br />

c,n<br />

c,p<br />

c<br />

<br />

C max<br />

C M<br />

Concentration of solute in<br />

stationary phase<br />

Condensed phase (solid or<br />

liquid)<br />

Conductance<br />

Conductivity<br />

Conductivity cell constant<br />

Conductivity tensor<br />

Contact angle<br />

Coordinate, position vec<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Coulomb<br />

Counts per minute<br />

Coupling constant, direct dipolar<br />

Critical density<br />

Critical temperature<br />

Cross section<br />

Crystalline<br />

Cubic<br />

Cubic expansion coefficient<br />

Curie<br />

Cycles per second<br />

Curie temperature<br />

Dal<strong>to</strong>n (a<strong>to</strong>mic mass unit)<br />

Day<br />

Debye, unit of electric dipole<br />

Debye circular frequency<br />

Debye circular wave-number<br />

Debye-Waller fac<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Decay constant (radioactive)<br />

Decibel<br />

Decompose<br />

Degeneracy, statistical<br />

weight<br />

Degree of dissociation<br />

Degrees Baume<br />

Degrees Celsius<br />

Degrees Fahrenheit<br />

Density (mass)<br />

Density, critical<br />

Density, relative<br />

Density of liquid phase<br />

Density of states<br />

Density of vibrational modes<br />

(spectral)<br />

Detect, determine (d)<br />

Determination<br />

Deuteron<br />

Diamagnetic shielding fac<strong>to</strong>r<br />

Diameter<br />

Dielectric polarization<br />

Differential thermal analysis<br />

Diffusion coefficient<br />

Diffusion coefficient, liquid<br />

film<br />

C S<br />

cd<br />

G<br />

, <br />

K cell<br />

ik<br />

<br />

r<br />

C<br />

cpm, c/m<br />

D AB<br />

d c<br />

t c<br />

<br />

cr, cryst<br />

cub<br />

, v , <br />

Ci<br />

Hz<br />

T c<br />

Da<br />

d<br />

D<br />

D<br />

q D<br />

D, B<br />

<br />

dB<br />

dec<br />

d, g, <br />

<br />

Be<br />

C<br />

F<br />

, <br />

d c<br />

d<br />

L<br />

N E , <br />

N <br />

det(d)<br />

detn<br />

d<br />

1 <br />

d<br />

P<br />

DTA<br />

D<br />

D f

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