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Also Known As	free radical

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ethyl diphenylnitrogen oxide allyl alkylidene radical scavenger triphenylmethyl benzoyloxy alkylidyne naphthyl methyl diatomic molecule ion Biomolecule Why Is a Group of Molecules Called a Mole?configuration conformation Are There Triangular Molecules?macromolecule monomer molecular weight

Key People

Justus von Liebig

Justus, baron von Liebig

German chemist

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Gerhard Herzberg

Canadian physicist

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Friedrich Adolf Paneth

Austrian chemist

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Moses Gomberg

American chemist