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
Measure of the acidity of a solution
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Precipitate
Formation of a solid in a solution
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Proton
Positive part of an atom's nucleus
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Quark
Elementary particle of matter
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Reagent
Substance that is added to a system to get a reaction
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Sol
Suspension of solids in a liquid
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Solute
The part of the solution that is put into the solvent
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Sublimation
Phase transition from a solid to a gas
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Triple point
Temp and pressure at which three states of matter exist simultaneously
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Valence electron
Outermost electrons of an atom
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Viscosity
Measure of resistance of a fluid, or thickness
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Yield
Amount of a product made in a chemical reaction
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Amedeo Avogadro
Worked in molecular theory
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Marie curie
Radioactivity
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Antoine Lavoisier
French father of modern chemistry
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Gilbert Lewis
Discovered the covalent bond
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Edwin McMillan
First produced the transuranium element
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Dmitri Mendeleev
Invented the periodic table of elements
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Karl friedrich mohr
Known for conservation of energy principle
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Alfred Nobel
Inventor of dynamite
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Linus Pauling
Quantum chemist who won multiple NOBEL prizes
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Robert burns Woodward
American organic chemist