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Chemistry in Dutch

(de) Scheikunde click to hear / (de) chemie click to hear 2 ('chemistry') - chemisch click to hear / chemische click to hear 2 ('chemical, chemically')
(de) chemicus click to hear 2 / (de) scheikundige click to hear 2 3 ('chemist,' scientist working in chemistry)
Het periodiek systeem click to hear ('The Periodic Table') - de elementen click to hear ('The Elements')
Het periodiek systeem der elementen click to hear 2 ('The Periodic Table of The Elements') - der click to hear is old-fashioned for van de ('of the') - still often found in standard phrases
(de) reageerbuis click to hear ('test tube') - (de) reactie click to hear ('reaction' - note that T is pronounced as S in this word)

H
waterstof click to hear 2
hydrogen
He
helium click to hear
helium
Li
lithium click to hear
lithium
Be B C
koolstof click to hear
carbon
N
stikstof click to hear
nitrogen
O
zuurstof click to hear
oxygen
F
fluor click to hear 2 3
fluorine
Ne
neon click to hear
neon
Na
natrium click to hear
sodium
Mg
magnesium click to hear
magnesium
Al
aluminium click to hear
aluminum
Si
silicium click to hear
silicon
P
fosfor click to hear
phosphorus
S
zwavel click to hear
sulphur
Cl
chloor click to hear
chlorine
Ar
K
kalium click to hear
potassium
Ca
calcium click to hear 2
calcium
Sc
scandium click to hear
scandium
Ti
titanium click to hear
titanium
V
vanadium click to hear
vanadium
Cr
chroom click to hear
chromium
Mn
mangaan click to hear
manganese
Fe
ijzer click to hear 2
iron
Co
kobalt click to hear
cobalt
Ni
nikkel click to hear
nickel
Cu
koper click to hear
copper
Zn
zink click to hear 2
zinc
Ga Ge As
arsenicum click to hear
arsenic?
Se
Br
broom click to hear
bromium?
Kr
krypton click to hear
krypton
Rb Sr
strontium click to hear
strontium
Y Zr
zirconium click to hear 2
zirconium
Nb Mo
molybdeen click to hear
molybdenium
Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag
zilver click to hear 2
silver
Cd
cadmium click to hear
cadmium
In Sn
tin click to hear
tin
Sb
antimoon click to hear
antimony
Te I
jodium click to hear
iodine
Xe
xenon click to hear
xenon
Cs
caesium click to hear
caesium
Ba
barium click to hear
barium
* Hf Ta W
wolfraam click to hear 2
wolfram
Re Os
osmium click to hear
osmium
Ir Pt
platina click to hear
platinum
Au
goud click to hear
gold
Hg
kwik click to hear
quicksilver
Tl Pb
lood click to hear 2
lead
Bi
bismut click to hear
bismuth
Po At Rn
radon click to hear
radon
Fr Ra
radium click to hear
radium
**

** U
uranium click to hear
uranium
Pu
plutonium click to hear 2
plutonium

[(het)] zuur click to hear 2 sour, acid; an acid
basisch click to hear alkaline
(de) base click to hear base (-OH)
(het) lakmoes click to hear 2 litmus
[(het)] zout click to hear salt; salty; a salt
(het) keukenzout click to hear [kitchen] table salt (NaCl)
(de) ozon click to hear 2 ozone
(het) oxide click to hear oxide
(het) kooldioxide click to hear carbon dioxide
(het) fluoride click to hear fluoride
(het) zwavelzuur click to hear sulphuric acid (H2SO4)
(het) zoutzuur click to hear hydrochloric acid (HCl)
(de) ammoniak click to hear ammonia
(de/het) aceton click to hear 2 3 acetone
(het) ion click to hear ion
ionen click to hear ions
(het) atoom click to hear atom
(het) molecuul click to hear molecule
(de) verbinding click to hear 2 compound
(also: connection)
(de) mol click to hear 2 mole, mol
organisch click to hear organic
anorganisch click to hear inorganic
(het) metaal click to hear a metal
edelgassen click to hear noble gases
mineralen click to hear minerals
sporenelementen click to hear 2 trace elements
(de) katalysator click to hear 2 catalyst
(het) gas click to hear gas
(de) vloeistof click to hear a liquid
vloeibaar click to hear 2 liquid
(de) vaste stof click to hear a solid
(het) vriespunt click to hear [freezing] melting point
(het) smeltpunt click to hear melting point
(het) kookpunt click to hear boiling point
(het) gram click to hear gram
(de/het) kilo click to hear kilogram (1000 gram)
(het) kilogram click to hear kilogram (1000 gram)
(de) ton click to hear ton (1000 kilo)
(de) milliliter click to hear milliliter (1/1000 liter)
(de) liter click to hear liter
Metric and Imperial Dimensions
enzymen click to hear 2 enzymes
koolwaterstoffen click to hear hydrocarbons
(C-H compounds)
koolhydraten click to hear carbohydrates >>
(C-H-O compounds)
(de) suiker click to hear sugar
suikers click to hear sugars
(het) vet click to hear fat, grease // greasy
(de) olie click to hear 2 oil
(het) eiwit click to hear protein
eiwitten click to hear proteins
See also nutritional values
onverzadigde vetzuren click to hear unsaturated fatty acids - meervoudig onverzadigde vetzuren click to hear polyunsaturated fatty acids

'Organic' meaning food grown without pesiticides and fertilizer from factories is called biologisch click to hear in Dutch
Biologisch' is niks anders dan vroeg negentiende-eeuwse landbouw click to hear 2 'Organic' is nothing else than early 19th Century agriculture In compounds, (de) koolstof click to hear ('carbon') is often shortened to (de) kool click to hear (which also means 'cabbage.' >>)
Bronze is a mixture of copper and tin, much used in antiquity. Dutch: brons / bronzen click to hear 2
(de) legering click to hear 2 ('metals mixture') - do notice the unusual stress in the word
Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc, Dutch: (het) messing click to hear 2 /or/ (het) geelkoper click to hear 2 (geel koper click to hear)
The drying agent (het) silicagel click to hear (one word in Dutch) is often humorously mispronounced as silikachel click to hear 2 (Dutch (de) kachel click to hear is a heater, a stove)
See also: 'Cream of Tartar' is NOT 'Room van Tandsteen'
- Dutch Nobel Prize winners
- Dutch Food words and phrases

[measuring glasses]
maatglazen click to hear

[A book by Primo Levi, The Periodic Table]

[Bunsen burner]
(de) bunsenbrander click to hear 2
[mortar and pestle]
(de/het) mortier en (de) stamper click to hear 2
(de/het) mortier = (de) vijzel click to hear 2
['The Chemical Yearbook'] ['The Chemical Yearbook']
Het Chemisch Jaarboekje click to hear 2
[chemistry books] [chemistry books]
scheikundeboeken click to hear
[A professor]
hoogleraar landbouwscheikunde click to hear
[jar with label 'Carminum pulv.'] [label 'Ferrum Pulveratum']
(the labels are in pig Latin) (het) potjeslatijn click to hear 2
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