Gas-phase ion chemistry Gas-phase ion chemistry Gas phase ion chemistry is a field of science encompassed within both chemistry and physics. It is the science that studies ions and molecules in the gas phase, most often enabled by some form of mass spectrometry. By far the most important applications for this science is in studying the thermodynamics and kinetics of reactions. For example, one application is in studying the thermodynamics of the solvation of ions. Ions with small solvation spheres of 1, 2, 3... solvent molecules can be studied in the gas phase and then extrapolated to bulk solution. Transition state theory is
Quasi-homogeneous polynomial Quasi-homogeneous polynomial In algebra, a multivariate polynomial is quasi-homogeneous or weighted homogeneous, if there exist "r" integers formula_2, called weights of the variables, such that the sum formula_3 is the same for all nonzero terms of "f". This sum "w" is the "weight" or the "degree" of the polynomial. The term "quasi-homogeneous" comes from the fact that a polynomial "f" is quasi-homogeneous if and only if for every formula_5 in any field containing the coefficients. A polynomial formula_6 is quasi-homogeneous with weights formula_2 if and only if is a homogeneous polynomial in the formula_9. In particular, a homogeneous polynomial is