IUPAC Gold Book - Alphabetical index

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Λ (lambda)
λ-transition (lambda-transition)
l, u
L
l
label
labelling
labile
laboratory sample
lachrymator
lactams
lactides
lactims
lactols
lactones
ladder chain
ladder macromolecule
ladder polymer
LADS
lag phase in biotechnology
lambda
Lambert law
lamellar crystal
lamp
lamp black
Landau–Zener model
Landolt reaction
Langmuir monolayer
Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) membrane
Langmuir–Hinshelwood mechanism
Langmuir–Rideal (Rideal–Eley) mechanism
Laporte rule
lapse rate in atmospheric chemistry
large particle in radiation scattering
lariat ethers
LAS
laser
laser beam ionization
laser dye
laser ionization in mass spectrometry
laser micro emission spectroscopy (LAMES)
laser micro mass spectrometry (LAMMS)
laser Raman microanalysis (LRMA)
laser-jet photochemical technique
lasing
late-downhill surface
latent image
latent period (latency) in medicinal chemistry
lateral order in a polymer
lateral resolution in in situ microanalysis
latex
lath crystal
lattice distortion
laws of distribution in precipitation
layer
layer equilibrium in chromatography
leader sequence in biotechnology
least motion, principle of
least-squares technique
leaving group
lecithins
lectins
LED
Leffler's assumption
left-to-right convention
length, $l$ ^quantity
lethal concentration
lethal dose
lethal synthesis
leuco bases
leuco compounds
leukotrienes
level
level width, $Γ$ ^quantity
levelling effect
Lewis acid
Lewis acidity
Lewis adduct
Lewis base
Lewis basicity
Lewis formula (electron dot or Lewis structure)
Lewis octet rule
LIDAR in atmospheric chemistry
lifetime of luminescence^quantity
lifetime, $τ$ ^quantity
ligand field
ligand field splitting
ligand to ligand charge transfer (LLCT) transition
ligand to metal charge transfer (LMCT) transition
ligands
ligases (synthetases)
ligate
light polarization
light scattering
light source
light-atom anomaly
light-emitting diode (LED)
lignans
lignins
limit of detection in analysis
limit test in toxicology
limiting adsorption current
limiting catalytic current
limiting condition of operation
limiting current
limiting differential diffusion coefficient
limiting diffusion current
limiting kinetic current
limiting mean
limiting migration current
limiting sedimentation coefficient
limiting viscosity number
line formula
line repetition groups
line width
line width in Mössbauer spectroscopy
line-of-centres model
line-shape analysis
linear absorption coefficient
linear attenuation coefficient
linear chain
linear chromatography
linear copolymer
linear (decadic) absorption coefficient in optical spectroscopy
linear (decadic) attenuation coefficient in optical spectroscopy
linear dichroism (LD)
linear dispersion
linear distribution isotherm in chromatography
linear electron accelerator
linear energy transfer
linear free-energy relation
linear Gibbs energy relation
linear macromolecule
linear polarizer
linear polymer
linear pulse amplifier
linear range
linear solvation energy relationships
linear strain, $ɛ$ , $e$ ^quantity
linearity of responsivity (of a radiation detector)
lineic
Lineweaver–Burk plot
linked scan in mass spectrometry
lipid film
lipids
lipophilic
lipophilicity
lipophobic
lipopolysaccharides
lipoproteins
liposome
Lippman's equation
liquid chromatography (LC)
liquid crystal
liquid crystal polymer
liquid excimer laser
liquid ion exchange
liquid ion laser
liquid junction
liquid laser
liquid membrane
liquid scintillation detector
liquid volume in gas chromatography
liquid-coated stationary phase (material) in liquid chromatography
liquid-crystal dendrimer
liquid-crystal polymer
liquid-crystal state
liquid-crystal transitions
liquid-crystalline phase
liquid-crystalline polymer
liquid-gel chromatography
liquid-liquid distribution (extraction) (partition)
liquid-liquid extraction
liquid-phase loading in chromatography
liquidus
lithometeor in atmospheric chemistry
lithosphere in atmospheric chemistry
litre^unit
live time
living copolymerization
living polymer
living polymerization
load (on a precision balance)
loading capacity in solvent extraction
local conformation of a polymer
local current density
local efficiency of atomization, $ɛ a$ in flame spectrometry^quantity
local flame temperature, $T 1$ in flame emission and absorption spectrometry
local fraction atomized, $χ a$ , $β a$ in flame emission and absorption spectrometry^quantity
local fraction desolvated, $χ s$ , $β s$ in flame emission and absorption spectrometry^quantity
local fraction volatilized, $χ v$ , $β v$ in flame emission and absorption spectrometry^quantity
localized adsorption
localized molecular orbitals (LMO)
localized-itinerant transition
lock-in state
log-normal distribution
logarithmic distribution coefficient in precipitation
logarithmic normal distribution of a macromolecular assembly
logarithmic viscosity number
logit
London forces
London–Eyring–Polanyi (LEP) method
London–Eyring–Polanyi–Sato (LEPS) method
lone (electron) pair
long chain
long spacing in polymer crystals
long-chain branch
long-lived collision complex
long-range intramolecular interaction in polymers
longitudinal order in a polymer
loose end
loose ion pair
Lorentz broadening of a spectral line
Lorentzian band shape
Lorenz–Mie theory
lot in analytical chemistry
low energy electron diffraction (LEED)
low pressure electrical discharge
low temperature UV–VIS absorption spectroscopy
low-pressure diamond
low-pressure mercury lamp (arc)
low-spin
low-spin state
lowest lethal concentration found^quantity
lowest observed adverse effect level (LOAEL)
lowest-observed-adverse-effect-level (LOAEL)^replaced
lowest-observed-effect-level (LOEL)
lumen ^unit
luminance^quantity
luminescence
luminescence anisotropy^quantity
luminescence quenching
luminescence spectrometer
luminous flux
luminous intensity $I v$ ^quantity
luminous quantities
lumiphore (luminophore)
LUMO
lux ^unit
lyases
lyate ion
lyonium ion
lyophilic
lyophilic sols
lyophobic
lyotropic mesophase
lysimeter