Free radical (disambiguation)
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Free radical
is a chemistry term that describes an atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons on an otherwise open shell configuration.
Free radical may also refer to:
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Radical (chemistry)
Radicals are atoms, molecules, or ions with unpaired electrons on an open shell configuration. Free radicals may have positive, negative, or zero charge...
is a chemistry term that describes an atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons on an otherwise open shell configuration.
Free radical may also refer to:
Chemistry
- Free radical additionFree radical additionFree radical addition is an addition reaction in organic chemistry involving free radicals. The addition may occur between a radical and a non-radical, or between two radicals....
, an addition reaction in organic chemistry involving free radicals - Free Radical CentreFree Radical CentreThe Free Radical Centre or ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology, was established in the 2005 Australian Research Council funding rounds...
, a research center located in Australia that works in all areas of free radical chemistry - Free radical halogenationFree radical halogenationIn organic chemistry, free-radical halogenation is a type of halogenation. This chemical reaction is typical of alkanes and alkyl-substituted aromatics under application of heat or UV light. The reaction is used for the industrial synthesis of chloroform , dichloromethane , and hexachlorobutadiene...
, a type of halogenation in organic chemistry - Free-radical theoryFree-radical theoryThe free-radical theory of aging states that organisms age because cells accumulate free radical damage over time. A free radical is any atom or molecule that has a single unpaired electron in an outer shell. While a few free radicals such as melanin are not chemically reactive, most...
, a chemistry theory that attributes organisms aging because cells accumulate free radical damage with the passage of time
Publications
- Free Radical, a 1988 biography of Albert Szent-GyörgyiAlbert Szent-GyörgyiAlbert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt was a Hungarian physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle...
by Ralph W. Moss - Free Radical (magazine), a New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
-based magazine - Free Radicals (film)Free Radicals (film)Free Radicals is a black-and-white animated film short by avant-garde filmmaker Len Lye. Begun in 1958 and completed in 1979, Lye made the film by directly scratching the film stock...
, an animated short film by avant-garde filmmaker Len Lye
Companies
- Crytek UK, formerly Free Radical Design, a video game developer based in Nottingham, England
Music
- Free Radicals (band)Free Radicals (band)Free Radicals is an American jazz, funk, hip-hop, avant-garde, ska, reggae, African music, Indian music, punk, klezmer, polka and latin jazz group based in Houston, Texas.- History :Free Radicals' live band includes six or seven members...
, a jazz, funk, and international music group based in Houston, Texas - Free Radicals (song), a song by Oklahoma City-based rock band The Flaming LipsThe Flaming LipsThe Flaming Lips are an American alternative rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.Melodically, their sound contains lush, multi-layered, psychedelic rock arrangements, but lyrically their compositions show elements of space rock, including unusual song and album titles—such as "What...
on the album At War with the Mystics - Free Radical (track), a track by the psychedelic trance project named Joti Sidhu