Chemistry A-Level
carbon environments
What carbon environments means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of carbon environments
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Counted by ¹³C NMR, using the number of peaks in the spectrum.
Topics that use carbon environments
- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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