weak bond

collocation in English

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weak
adjective
uk
/wiːk/us
/wiːk/
not ...
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bond
noun
uk
/bɒnd/us
/bɑːnd/
a close connection joining two or ...
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(Definition ofweakandbondfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Strength of aweakbondconnecting flexible polymer chains.
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This is a fairlyweakbondso reactions of peroxides often involve breaking this bond, giving very reactive oxygen species.
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If a strong bond is achieved there will be less chance of deviance than if aweakbondhas occurred.
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When thisweakbondis broken heat and energy is violently released.
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Reagents without such aweakbondwould likely proceed via a different mechanism.
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Joining parts after the open time is expired results in aweakbond.
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This is because of theweakbondin hydro peroxides which is the main source for the free radicals to initiate from.
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Radicals can be stable if dimerisation would result in aweakbondor the unpaired electrons are stabilised by delocalisation.
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However, aweakbondmarket in 1953 forced a delay of more than a year before the bonds could be issued.
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On a molecular basis, weak bonds are the first to be broken leading to the evolution of molecular fragments.
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This mechanism works only when the matrix can slide along the fibers, which means that there must be aweakbondbetween the fibers and matrix.
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In the specific case of topoisomerases, some bacteria have mutated one of their amino acids so that the ciproflaxin can only create aweakbondto the topoisomerase.
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A 1993 theoretical study predicted very weak bonds in osmium octafluoride and said that it would be difficult to ever detect experimentally.
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