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Key Terms: ACC, ACS, allotropy, antimatter, antiparticle, atom, Bose-Einstein condensate, chemical formula, chemical property, chemical model, chemicals, chemical change, chemical property, chemistry, chemophobia, chromatography, classification of matter, compound, constant composition, CPSC, dark energy, dark matter, definite, density, distillation, dose, element, energy, EPA, evaporation, experiment, extensive property, extraction, FDA, filtration, gas, heterogeneous, homogeneous, hypothesis, indefinite, intensive property, IUPAC, law of conservation of mass, liquid, macroscopic, mass, matter, microscopic, mixture, molecule, natural chemicals, particle, periodic table, physical change, physical property, plasma, pure substance, RSC, scientific law, scientific method, solid, separation techniques, states of matter, structural formula, synthetic chemicals, system, theory, variable composition, weight
Key Terms: alpha particle, anode, Aristotle, atomic mass, atomic mass unit (amu), atomic number (Z), atomic structure, atomic theory, Becquerel, beta particle, big bang, Bohr, cathode, cathode ray tube, Chadwick, charge-mass ratio, Curie, Dalton's atomic theory, Democritus, earth, electromagentic force, electron, element, element name, element symbol, Empedocles, fundamental particles, gamma particle, helium, hydrogen, isotope, law of definite proportions, lass of mass conservation, Lavoisier, law of multiple proportions, lepton, Leucippus, mass number (A), metals, metalloids, Millikan, neutron, nonmetals, nucleus, oil drop experiment, orbital shells, periodic table, Plato, planet, plum pudding model, properties of elements, proton, Proust, quark, radioactivity, raisin pudding model, Rutherford, star, standard model of particle physics, strong force, synthetic synthesis, Thomson, uses of elements, weak force
Key Terms: amplitude, angular-momentum, aufbau principle, Balmer-Rydberg equation, d-block element, de Broglie equation, degenerate, effective nuclear charge, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic spectrum, electron configuration, f-block element, frequency, ground-state configuration, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, hertz, Hund's rule, line spectrum, magnetic quantum number, node, orbital, p-block element, Pauli exclusion principle, photon, principal quantum number, quanta, quantum mechanical model, quantum number, s-block element, shell, spin quantum number, subshell, valence shell, wave function, wavelength
Key Terms: alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, atom, d-block element, electron configuration, f-block element, group, halogen, inner transition metal element, main group element, noble gas, p-block element, period, s-block element, shell, subshell, transitionl element, valence electron, valence shell
Key Terms: anion, Born-Haber cycle, cation, core electron, Coulomb's law, electron affinity, electron dot symbol, formula unit, ion, ionic bond, ionic solid, ionization energy, lattice energy, octet rule, polyatomic ion
Key Terms: binary compound, bond angle, bond length, condensed structure, coordinate covalent bond, covalent, bond, double bond, electronegativity, Lewis structure, lone pair, molecular compound, molecular formula, molecule, polar covalent bond, regular tetrahedron, single bond, structural formula, structural formula, triple bond
Key Terms: antibonding molecular orbital, bond angle, bond dissociation energy, bond length, bond order, bonding molecular orbital, bonding pair, coordinate covalent bond, covalent bond, diamagnetic, double bond, electron-dot structure, electronegativity, formal charge, hybrid orbital, hybrid atomic orbital, lone pair, molecular orbital, molecular orbital theory, paramagnetic, pi bond, polar covalent bond, resonance hybrid, sigma bond, single bond, triple bond, valence bond theory, valence-shell electron-pair repulsion model
Key Terms: accuracy, amount, antilogarithm, base units, Celsius degree, conversion factor, density, dependent variable, derived units, dimension analysis, electric current, exponents, fundamental physical constants, fundamental quantities, gram, graphs, independent variable, Kelvin, length, liter, linear equation, logarithm, luminous intensity, mass, mathematics, measurement, meter, metric, natural logarithm, precision, quadratic equation, scientific notation, SI unit, significant figures (digits), slope, temperature, time, uncertainty, units, unit prefixes, unit conversions
Key Terms: Avogadro's number, balance, coefficient, empirical formula, formula mass, formula unit, limiting reactant, molar mass, molarity, mole, molecular formula, molecular mass, percent composition, percent yield, solute, stoichiometry, titration, yield
Key Terms: atmosphere, Avogadro's law, Boyle's law, Charles' law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, diffusion, effusion, gas constant, gas laws, Graham's law, ideal gas, ideal gas law, kinetic-molecular theory, manometer, millimeter of mercury, mole fraction, Newton, pascal, pressure, standard molar volume, standard temperature and pressure, van der Waals equation
Key Terms: allotrope, amorphous solid, coordination number, covalent network solid, critical point, crystalline solid, diffraction, dipole, dipole moment, dipole-dipole force, heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, hydrogen bond, intermolecular force, ion-dipole force, ionic solid, London dispersion force, metallic solid, molecular solid, normal boiling point, normal melting point, phase, phase change, phase diagram, supercritical fluid, surface tension, triple point, unit cell, van der Waals forces, vapor pressure, viscosity
Key Terms: colligative property, colloid, entropy of solution, fractional distillation, heat of solution, Henry's law, mass percent, miscible, molal boiling-point-elevation constant, molal freezing-point-depression constant, molality, molarity, mole fraction, osmosis, osmotic pressure, parts per billion, parts per million, Raoult's law, reverse osmosis, saturated, solubility, solute, solution, solvent, supersaturated, van't Hoff factor
Key Terms: acid-base neutralization reaction, activity series, dissociate, electrolyte, half-reaction, half-reaction method, hydronium ion, ionic equation, molecular equation, net ionic equation, nonelectrolyte, oxidation, oxidation number, oxidation-number method, oxidation-reduction reaction, oxidizing agent, precipitation reaction, redox reaction, redox titration, reducing agent, reduction, salt, solubility, spectator ion, strong acid, strong base, strong electrolyte, weak acid, weak base, weak electrolyte
Key Terms: chemical energy, conservation of energy law, endothermic, energy, enthalpy, enthalpy change, entropy, exothermic, first law of thermodynamics, Gibbs free-energy change, heat, heat capacity, heat of combustion, heat of reaction, Hess's law, internal energy, kinetic energy, molar heat capacity, potential energy, specific heat, spontaneous process, standard enthalpy of reaction, standard heat of formation, state function, sublimation, temperature, Thermochemistry, thermodynamic standard state, work
Key Terms: activation energy, Arrhenius equation, bimolecular reaction, catalyst, chemical kinetics, collision theory, elementary reaction, elementary step, first-order reaction, frequency factor, half-life, heterogeneous catalyst, homogenous catalyst, initial rate, instantaneous rate, integrated rate law, molecularity, rate constant, rate-determining step, rate law, reaction intermediate, reaction mechanism, reaction order, reaction rate, second-order reaction, steric factor, termolecular reaction, transition state, unimolecular reaction, zeroth-order reaction
Key Terms: entropy, first law of thermodynamics, free energy, second law of thermodynamics, spontaneous process, standard entropy of reaction, standard free-energy change, standard free energy of formation, standard molar entropy, standard-state conditions, thermodynamics, third law of thermodynamics
Key Terms: chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constant, equilibrium equation, equilibrium mixture, heterogeneous equilibria, homogeneous equilibria, Le Chatelier's principle, reaction quotient
Key Terms: acid-base indicator, acid-dissociation constant, Arrhenius acid, Arrhenius base, base-dissociation constant, Bronsted-Lowry acid, Bronsted-Lowry base, Bronsted-Lowry theory, conjugate acid, conjugate acid-base pair, conjugate base, diprotic acid, dissociation of water, hydronium ion, ion-product constant for water, Lewis acid, Lewis base, monoprotic acid, percent dissociation, pH, polyprotic acid, principal reaction, strong acid, subsidiary reaction, weak acid
Key Terms: Bayer process, buffer capacity, buffer solution, common-ion effect, complex ion, equivalence point, formation constant, Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, ion product, pH titration curve, qualitative analysis, solubility product, solubility product constant, stability constant
Key Terms: anode, cathode, cathodic protection, cell potential, cell voltage, corrosion, electrochemical cell, electrochemistry, electrode, electrolysis, electrolytic cell, electromotive force, electroplating, electrorefining, faraday, fuel cell, galvanic cell, galvanizing, half-reaction, Hall-Heroult process, Nernst equation, overvoltage, sacrificial anode, salt bridge, standard cell potential, standard electrode, potential, standard hydrogen electrode, standard reduction potential
Key Terms: alpha radiation, beta radiation, binding energy, chain reaction, cosmic ray, critical mass, decay constant, decay series, electron capture, fission, fusion, gamma radiation, ionizing radiation, mass defect, nuclear chemistry, nuclear equation, nuclear reaction, nuclear transmutation, nucleon, nuclide, positron emission, radioactive, radioisotope, radionuclide, transuranium element
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