Definitions 101 Flashcards

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Acid

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Proton donor.

Species that releases H+ ions in aqueous solution

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Bases

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Proton acceptors.

Compound that neutralises an acid to form a salt.

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Alkali

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Soluble base that releases OH- ions in water.

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Isotope

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Atoms of the same element with different number of neutrons and different masses.

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Relative isotopic mass

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Mass of an isotope compared with 1/12 mass of a carbon -12 atom

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Relative atomic mass

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The weighted mean mass of an atom of an element compared with 1/12 mass of a carbon-12 atom

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First ionisation energy

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Energy required to remove 1 electron from each atom in 1 mol of gaseous atoms.

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Atomic orbital

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A region around the nucleus that can hold up to two electrons with opposite spins.

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Mole

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The amount of any substance containing as many elementary particles as there are carbon atoms in exactly 12g of the carbon-12 isotope.

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Avogadro constant

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Number of particles per mole, 6.02 X 10^23

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Molar mass

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Mass per mile of a substance (gmol^-1)

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Molar gas volume

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Gas volumes per mole (dm^3mol^-1)

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Empirical formula

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The simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element present in a compound

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Molecular formula

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The actual number of atoms of each element in a molecule

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Anhydrous

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Containing no water molecules

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Hydrated

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Containing water of crystallisation

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Water of crystallisation

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Water molecules that are bonded into the crystalline structure of a compound.

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Ionic bonding

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Electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions.

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Covalent bond

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The strong electrostatic attraction better a shared pair of electrons and the nuclei of the bonded atoms.

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Electronegativity

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The ability of an atom to attract the binding electrons in a covalent bond.

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Hydrogen bonding

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Intermolecular bonding between molecules containing N, O or F and the H atom of -NH, -OH or HF

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Metallic bonding

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Strong electrostatic attraction between cations and delocalised electrons

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Solid giant covalent lattices

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Networks of atoms bonded by strong covalent bonds

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Periodic table

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Arrangement of elements:
By increasing atomic number
In periods showing repeating trends in physical and chemical properties
In groups having similar chemical properties.

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Disproportionation

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Oxidation and reduction of the same species in the same reaction

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Activations energy

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Minimum energy required to start a reaction by the breaking of bonds

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Enthrall chance of reaction

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The enthalpy chance associated with a stated equation.

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Enthalpy change of formation

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Enthalpy change that takes place when one mole of a compound is formed from its constituent elements in their standard states under standard conditions.

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Enthalpy change of combustion

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The enthalpy change that occurs when one mole of a substance reacts completely with oxygen, under standard conditions, all reactants and products in their standard states.

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Enthalpy change of neutralisation

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The enthalpy change that occurs when one mole of water is formed from a reaction of an acid and a base, under standard conditions with everything in standard states

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Average bond enthalpy

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The average enthalpy change when one mole of bonds is broken into gaseous molecules.

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General formula

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Simplest algebraic formula of a member of a homologous series

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Structural formula

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The minimal detail that shows the arrangement of atoms ins molecule

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Displayed formula

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Relative position of atoms and the bonds between them is shown

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Skeletal formula

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Simplified ordains formula shown by removing hydrogen atoms, leaving just a carbon skeleton with associated functional groups.

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Homologous series

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A series of organic compounds, each with the same general formula, but each successive member differing by CH2.

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Functional group

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Group of atoms responsible for the characteristic reactions of a compound

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Aliphatic

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Compound containing hydrogen and carbon joined together in straight chains, branched chains or non aromatic rings

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Alicyclic

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An aliphatic compound arranged in non aromatic rings

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Aromatic

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A compound containing a benzene ring.

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Saturated

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Containing single carbon-carbon bonds only

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Structural isomers

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Compounds with the same molecular formula but a different structural formula

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Homolytic fission

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Each bonding atom receiving one electron from the bonding pair, forming two radicals.

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Heterocyclic fission

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One bonding pair receiving both electrons from the bonding pair.

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Radical

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A species with an unpaired electron

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Alkanes

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Saturated hydrocarbons containing single C-C bonds only.

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Sigma bonds

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Direct overlap of orbitals between bonding atoms

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Pi orbitals

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Sideways overlap of adjacent p orbitals above and below the plane of the molecule.

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Stereoisomers

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Compounds with the same structural formula but a different arrangement of atoms in space

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E/Z isomerism

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An example of Stereoisomerism, where rotation is restricted by a double bond with two different groups attached to each carbon in double bond.

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Cis-trans isomerism

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A case of E/Z isomerism in which two of the substituent groups arts her to each carbon atom of the C=C group are the same

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Electrophile

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An electron pair acceptor

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Nucleophile

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An electron pair donor

54
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Addition polymerisation

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Formation of a very long molecular chain by repeated addition reactions of many unsaturated alkene molecules (monomers).

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Dative covalent

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A shared pair of electrons in which the bonded pair has been provided by one if the bonding atoms only.