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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHALCOGEN

From chalco(pyrite) + -gen.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHALCOGEN

chalcogen  [ˈkælkəˌdʒɛn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHALCOGEN

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preposition
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determiner
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Chalcogen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHALCOGEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chalcogen

Chalcogen

The chalcogens are the chemical elements in group 16 of the periodic table. This group is also known as the oxygen family. It consists of the elements oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, and the radioactive element polonium. The synthetic element livermorium is predicted to be a chalcogen as well. Often, oxygen is treated separately from the other chalcogens, sometimes even excluded from the scope of the term "chalcogen" altogether, due to its very different chemical behavior from sulfur, selenium, tellurium, and polonium. The word "chalcogen" is derived from a combination of the Greek word khalkόs principally meaning copper, and the Latinised Greek word genēs, meaning born or produced. Sulfur has been known since antiquity, and oxygen was recognized as an element in the 18th century. Selenium, tellurium and polonium were discovered in the 19th century, and livermorium in 2000. All of the chalcogens have six valence electrons, leaving them two electrons short of a full outer shell. Their most common oxidation states are −2, +2, +4, and +6. They have relatively low atomic radii, especially the lighter ones.

Definition of chalcogen in the English dictionary

The definition of chalcogen in the dictionary is any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHALCOGEN


aesthesiogen
iːsˈθiːzɪəˌdʒɛn
allergen
ˈæləˌdʒɛn
dictyogen
ˈdɪktɪəˌdʒɛn
electrogen
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌdʒɛn
endogen
ˈɛndəʊˌdʒɛn
gen
dʒɛn
hallucinogen
həˈluːsɪnəˌdʒɛn
halogen
ˈhæləˌdʒɛn
histogen
ˈhɪstəˌdʒɛn
ionogen
aɪˈɒnəˌdʒɛn
Jingdezhen
ˈdʒɪŋˈdɛdʒɛn
lucigen
ˈluːsɪˌdʒɛn
Origen
ˈɒrɪˌdʒɛn
pathogen
ˈpæθəˌdʒɛn
phytopathogen
ˌfaɪtəʊˈpæθədʒɛn
pyrogen
ˈpaɪrəʊˌdʒɛn
thrombogen
ˈθrɒmbəˌdʒɛn
zymogen
ˈzaɪməʊˌdʒɛn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHALCOGEN

chalazogamic
chalazogamy
chalcanthite
chalcedonic
chalcedonies
chalcedony
chalcedonyx
chalcid
chalcid fly
Chalcidice
Chalcis
chalcocite
chalcogenide
chalcographer
chalcographic
chalcographical
chalcographist
chalcography
chalcolithic
chalcopyrite

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHALCOGEN

adaptogen
androgen
biogen
carcinogen
chromogen
cryogen
cyanogen
estrogen
fibrinogen
glycogen
hogen
hydrogen
kerogen
liquid nitrogen
mitogen
nitrogen
oestrogen
oncogen
plasminogen
progestogen

Synonyms and antonyms of chalcogen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chalcogen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHALCOGEN

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The translations of chalcogen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chalcogen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

硫族
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calcógeno
570 millions of speakers

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chalcogen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chalcogen
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

chalcogen
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

халькоген
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Calcogênio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

chalcogen
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chalcogéné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chalcogen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chalkogen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カルコゲン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

칼 코겐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chalcogen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chalcogen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chalcogen
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅल्कोजन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kalkojen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chalcogen
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chalcogen
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

халькоген
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chalcogen
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

χαλκογόνο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

chalcogen
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kalkogen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chalcogen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chalcogen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHALCOGEN»

The term «chalcogen» is normally little used and occupies the 114.594 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHALCOGEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chalcogen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHALCOGEN»

Discover the use of chalcogen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chalcogen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Chalcogen Chemistry: New Perspectives in Sulfur, ...
Chapter 5 4.2 Binary Chalcogen—Nitrogen Systems 192 4.2.1 Neutral Molecules 192 4.2.2 Binary Chalcogen Azides 197 4.2.3 Cations and Anions 198 4.3 Metal Complexes of Binary Chalcogen—Nitrogen Anions 200 4.4 Cyclic Chalcogen ...
Francesco A. Devillanova, Woolf-Walther Du Mont, 2013
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Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Chalcogen Interactions
Fe2S2(CO)6 clusters with a C-Sn or C-Sn-C moiety bridging the sulfur atoms or a CH2SnMe3 group attached to each sulfur have also been studied by photoelectron spectroscopy.
Uzma I. Zakai, 2007
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A Guide to Chalcogen-Nitrogen Chemistry
- Focuses on important developments in the last 25 years Compares Sulfur, Selenium and Tellurium Compounds Targets the non-specialist as well as experts in the field Supplements standard textbook treatment of this subject Discusses ...
Tristram Chivers, 2005
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Inorganic Chemistry
The chalcogen group is the sixteenth (sixth main) group of the periodic system. It comprises the elements oxygen (O), sulfur (S), selenium (Se), tellurium (Te) and polonium (Po). The name "chalcogen" is derived from the Greek "chalkos" = ore ...
Egon Wiberg, Nils Wiberg, 2001
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New Dimensions in Chemistry of Materials with ...
In addition to synthesis and structural chemistry, the photoluminescence properties of these compounds were studied in detail.
Santanu Banerjee, 2007
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Heterocyclic Compounds with Two or More Ring-Chalcogen Atoms 4
Voume 19 of the 5th Supplementary Series of the Beilstein Handbook (4th Edition) deals with the heterocyclic compounds containing two or more chalcogen atoms as the only ring heteroatoms, which were reported in the literature from 1960 up ...
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Reiner Luckenbach, 1988
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Low Molecular Weight Organic Semiconductors
Instead of using adatoms to saturate the dangling bonds at the surface, the chalcogen modification described in this work uses a slightly different approach. An exchange reaction between the chalcogen atoms and the group V atoms at the ...
Thorsten U. Kampen, 2011
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Traditional and Novel Trimethylsilyl-chalcogen Reagents Used ...
Keywords. binary, MCM-41, mesoporous, metal-chalcogenides, mixed-chalcogen, nanocluster, nanomaterials, nanoparticle, quantum confinement, SBA-15, semiconductor, ternary, thermolysis, trimethylsilyl-chalcogen.
Elizabeth Amy Cheryl Turner, 2007
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The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, ...
Experimental Redox Potentials and Absorption Maxt'ma in Chalcogenopyrylium Dyes The absorption maxima of a chalcogenopyrylium dye series increase in wavelength as the chalcogen atom becomes heavier. This is illustrated in Table 12 ...
Michael R. Detty, Marie B. O'Regan, 2009
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Electron Spectroscopies Applied to Low-dimensional Structures
In this geometrical arrangement the chalcogen atoms form weak bonding interactions by the overlap of their pz-orbitals with orbitals of the metal atoms of the underlying sandwich unit. Two different trigonal adsorption sites are available : above ...
H.P. Hughes, H. Starnberg, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHALCOGEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chalcogen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Researchers successfully control optical response of atomically thin …
TMDCs are denoted by the structure, MX2, where M is a particular transition metal and X is a chalcogen, thus tungsten selenide, is WS2. «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
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Thin semiconductors go through the Mott transition
... these have the chemical formula MX2, where M is a transition metal (such as Mo or W) and X is a chalcogen (such as S, Se or Te). «physicsworld.com, Jun 15»
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Noble gas joins σ-hole interaction crowd
Likewise, σ-hole interactions involving group 15, 16 and 17 elements are known as pnicogen bonding, chalcogen bonding and halogen ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, May 15»
4
Better understanding phosphorene
... such as Mo or W, and X is a chalcogen, such as S, Se and Te. These materials go from being indirect bandgap semiconductors in the bulk to ... «nanotechweb.org, May 15»
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Channeling valleytronics in graphene: Berkeley Lab researchers …
... single layer of transition metal atoms, such as molybdenum or tungsten, sandwiched between two layers of chalcogen atoms, such as sulfur. «Nanotechnology News, May 15»
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Channeling valleytronics in graphene: Researchers discover 1-D …
... single layer of transition metal atoms, such as molybdenum or tungsten, sandwiched between two layers of chalcogen atoms, such as sulfur. «Phys.Org, May 15»
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Batches of ultra-thin transistors made from 2D materials
... of elements called transition metals (which include molybdenum and tungsten) sandwiched between two layers of chalcogen atoms (such as ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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Bendable glass devices
What makes chalcogenide glasses so different is that they replace the oxygen in familiar window pane glasses with "chalcogen" elements from ... «MIT News, Apr 15»
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Breaking the Mold: Overcoming Manufacturing Challenges of …
Chalcogenide glass composed of the chalcogen elements sulfur (S), selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te) has a glass-transition temperature (Tg) characteristic of ... «Photonics.com, Apr 15»
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Van der Waals heterostructures make good LEDS
... structures and have the chemical formula MX2, where M is a transition metal (such as Mo or W) and X is a chalcogen (such as S, Se and Te). «nanotechweb.org, Feb 15»

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