molarnoci

Molarnoci is a fictional scientific concept used in a speculative chemistry worldbuilding context to describe a measure of molecular interaction per mole of substance. The term is a coinage combining “molar” with a suffix derived from Latin notions of idea or concept. In this framework, molarnoci quantifies cooperative or collective behavior among molecules in a solution, taking into account pairwise interaction energies, steric factors, and concentration effects.

Definition and formula: For a system containing n_moles of species, the molarnoci N_m is defined as N_m = (1/n_moles) Σ_i Σ_{j>i} f(E_ij, r_ij, s_ij), where E_ij is the interaction energy between molecules i and j, r_ij their separation, and f is a normalization function ensuring a dimensionless value. In practice, different models set f to convert energy to a dimensionless index, often using a Boltzmann weight exp(-E_ij/k_B T).

Usage: Researchers in the fictional field use molarnoci to distinguish regimes with high cooperative interactions (high molarnoci) from largely independent molecules (low molarnoci). It informs predictions about phase behavior, reaction rates, and aggregate formation.

History and reception: Introduced in the speculative treatise The Lattice of Molecules (2072) by Dr. L. Marin. Since then, molarnoci has appeared in science fiction works and some worldbuilding projects, though it is not an accepted real-world metric.

See also: Molarity, Avogadro's number, molecular interaction, cooperativity.