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== Alphabetical list of subscripts ==

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Symbol
! Name
! Example
|-
| ''A''
| per area
| [[Charge density |''Q''<sub>''A'',el</sub>]]
|-
| c
| combustion
| [[Enthalpy |Δ<sub>c</sub>''H''<sub>B</sub>]]
|-
| d
| diffusion
| [[Amount |of protons d<sub>d</sub>''n''<sub>H</sub><small>+</small>]]
|-
| e
| external
| [[Work |available external work, d<sub>e</sub>''W'']]
|-
| el
| electric
| [[Charge |of protons d<sub>el</sub>''n''<sub>H</sub><small>+</small>·''z''<sub>H</sub><small>+</small>]]
|-
| et
| external total
| [[Work |external total work, d<sub>et</sub>''W'']]
|-
| f
| formation
| [[Enthalpy |Δ<sub>f</sub>''H''<sub>B</sub>]]
|-
| g
| growth
| [[growth rate |''r''<sub>g</sub>]]
|-
| i
| internal
| [[Amount of substance |d<sub>i</sub>''n''<sub>''i''</sub>]]
|-
| ''i''
| Entity ''i''
| [[Amount of substance |d<sub>i</sub>''n''<sub>''i''</sub>]]
|-
| in
| input into a coupled process
| [[Gibbs energy |d<sub>in</sub>''G'']]
|-
| k
| catabolic reaction
| [[Amount of substance |d<sub>k</sub>''n''<sub>''i''</sub>]]
|-
| mat
| external transfer of matter
| [[enthalpy |d<sub>mat</sub>''H''<sub></sub>]]
|-
| out
| output of a coupled process
| [[Gibbs energy |d<sub>out</sub>''G'']]
|-
| ''p''
| at constant pressure
| [[Heat capacity |''C''<sub>''i,p''</sub>]]
|-
| r
| reaction
| [[Amount of substance |d<sub>r</sub>''n''<sub>''i''</sub>]]
|-
| t
| internal transformation (total)
| [[Gibbs energy |d<sub>t</sub>''G'']]
|-
| ''T''
| at constant temperature
| 
|-
| th
| thermal transformation
| [[Enthalpy |d<sub>th</sub>''H'']]
|-
| tr
| transformation (partial)
| [[Gibbs energy |d<sub>tr</sub>''G'']]
|-
| ''V''
| at constant volume, or per volume
| [[Gibbs energy |per volume, Δ''G''<sub>''V''</sub>]]
|}

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