Chemistry Flashcards

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Activation energy

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Energy that must be overcome for a chemical reaction to occur

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Acid

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pH of less than 7

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Aeration

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Process in which air is mixed with a liquid

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Anion

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Negatively charged ion

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Atomic number

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Number of protons the nucleus of an atom

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Base

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pH of mor than 7

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Catalyst

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Substance that changes the rate of reaction

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Cation

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Positively charged ion

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Centrifuge

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Device that uses rotation to separate substances

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Colloid

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Mixed substances that are evenly dispersed

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Combustion

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Burning with fuel, heat and oxygen

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Deposition

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Settling of particles in a solution

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Electrolyte

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Electrically conducive substance

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Electron

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Elementary particle with no charge

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Entropy

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Even distribution of a system

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Frequency

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Number of events per unit of time

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Indicator

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Compound added to a solution that changes color depending on acidity

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Insulator

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Material that resists the flow of electricity

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Ion

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Atom that has gained or lost an electron

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Ionization

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Process of converting an atom into an ion

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Kinetics

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Study of the rates of chemical processes

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Lattice

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Arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal

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Mole

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Measurement that contains 6.02x10^23

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Molecule

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Neutral group of atoms held together by bonds

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pH

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Measure of the acidity of a solution

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Precipitate

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Formation of a solid in a solution

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Proton

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Positive part of an atom’s nucleus

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Quark

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Elementary particle of matter

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Reagent

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Substance that is added to a system to get a reaction

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Sol

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Suspension of solids in a liquid

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Solute

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The part of the solution that is put into the solvent

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Sublimation

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Phase transition from a solid to a gas

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Triple point

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Temp and pressure at which three states of matter exist simultaneously

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Valence electron

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Outermost electrons of an atom

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Viscosity

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Measure of resistance of a fluid, or thickness

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Yield

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Amount of a product made in a chemical reaction

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Amedeo Avogadro

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Worked in molecular theory

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Marie curie

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Radioactivity

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Antoine Lavoisier

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French father of modern chemistry

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Gilbert Lewis

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Discovered the covalent bond

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Edwin McMillan

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First produced the transuranium element

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Dmitri Mendeleev

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Invented the periodic table of elements

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Karl friedrich mohr

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Known for conservation of energy principle

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Alfred Nobel

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Inventor of dynamite

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Linus Pauling

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Quantum chemist who won multiple NOBEL prizes

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Robert burns Woodward

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American organic chemist