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Chemicals vs Reagent - What's the difference?

chemicals | reagent |

As nouns the difference between chemicals and reagent

is that chemicals is plural of lang=en while reagent is a compound or mixture of compounds used to treat materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.

chemicals

English

Noun

(head)
  • The chemical industry.

    • reagent

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.

    • Derived terms

    * Benedict's reagent * Brady's reagent * Edman's reagent * Ehrlich's reagent * Froehde reagent * Grignard reagent * Kovac's reagent * Liebermann reagent * Melzer's reagent * Molisch's reagent * Sanger's reagent * van Urk reagent

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    Anagrams

    * (l), (l) Chemical reagents ----