Basic Information Flashcards
From class
1
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What is a compound?
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When two or more elements are chemically bonded together.
2
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What is an element
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Pure substance, of a single type of atom
3
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What is a mixture?
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Mix of multiple substances that can be seperated (whether by physical, chemical and so forth means) as they aren’t chemically bound.
4
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Define an atom
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Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements. An atom consists of a nucleus of protons and generally neutrons, surrounded by an electromagnetically bound swarm of electrons.
5
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What are molecules
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Group of bonded atoms, usually by covalent bonds
6
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Giant covalent structures are…
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Network of bonded atoms that you can’t say where one part ends/begins.
7
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What are polymers?
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Long chains of atoms made by reacting molecules
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