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Cracking vs Esterification - What's the difference?

cracking | esterification |

As nouns the difference between cracking and esterification

is that cracking is (chemistry) the thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline while esterification is esterification.

As an adjective cracking

is great.

As an adverb cracking

is (british) very, usually associated with praise.

As a verb cracking

is .

cracking

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.
  • The formation of cracks on a surface

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Great
    • The race started at a cracking pace.
  • Enjoyable.
    • We had a cracking time.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (British) Very, usually associated with praise.
    • It was a cracking good show.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * get cracking

    esterification

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia esterification) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any reaction (typically between an acid and an alcohol) that results in the production of an ester
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • ::Vinylcyclopropane 19 is readily converted to diester 22 by oxidative cleavage followed by esterification .