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Inorganic vs Abiogenic - What's the difference?

inorganic | abiogenic |

As adjectives the difference between inorganic and abiogenic

is that inorganic is (chemistry) relating to a compound that does not contain carbon while abiogenic is not produced or derived by means of living organisms or their processes .

As a noun inorganic

is (chemistry) an inorganic compound.

inorganic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (chemistry) relating to a compound that does not contain carbon
  • (by extension) that does not originate in a living organism
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An inorganic compound
  • See also

    * organic

    abiogenic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not produced or derived by means of living organisms or their processes.
  • Usage notes

    * This term is intended to include materials derived from petroleum, coal, or sediments such as limestone. Although these materials derive from biological sources and have biochemical content, the chemical processes that produce these materials from dead organisms are purely physical. The role of man, also a living organism, is not counted, since the chemical processes used by man are external chemical reactions and not internal biochemical reactions.

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