W Chemistry Abbreviation

W has various meanings in the Chemistry category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of W in Chemistry.

Water

To take in water for drinking or boiler purposes. To pump fresh water into a ship. Dihydrogen oxide, molecular formula H2O.

Chemistry
Watt

A unit of power, commonly used in electrical discussion, watts are the product of potential (volts, see V) and current (amps, see A).

Chemistry
Tryptophan

Any enthusiastic admirer of the Slovenian guitarist Wenceslas Trypto. Actually, it is an amino acid with the useful property of aborbing ultraviolet light, helping to make proteins visible to detectors in chromatographs. Some vitamin suppliers call it "the natural alternative to Prozac". Tryptophan's biochemical symbol is T and it looks like this:

Chemistry
Tungsten (Wolfram)
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