Ch.6 Vocab (black book)

Question 1

Alkalis

Answer 1

Aka bases; compounds that react w/ acids or raise the pH of many hair products.

Question 2

Atoms

Answer 2

the smallest chemical components (often called particles) of an element; structures that make up the element and have the same properties of the element.

Question 3

Emulsifier

Answer 3

An ingredient that brings 2 normally incompatible materials together and binds them into a uniform and fairly stable mixture.

Question 4

Emulsion

Answer 4

An unstable physical mixture of 2 or more immiscible substances (substances that normally will not stay mixed) plus a special ingredient called an emulsifier.

Question 5

Electrons

Answer 5

Subatomic particles w/ a negative charge

Question 6

Matter

Answer 6

any substance that occupies space and has mass (weight)

Question 7

Miscible

Answer 7

Liquids that are mutually soluble, meaning that they can be mixed together to form stable solutions.

Question 8

Solution

Answer 8

A stable, uniform mixture of 2 or more substances.

Question 9

Surfactants

Answer 9

A contraction of surface active agents; substances that allow oil and water to mix, or emulsify.

Question 10

Suspensions

Answer 10

Unstable physical mixtures of undissolved particles in a liquid.

Question 11

Solvent

Answer 11

The substance that dissolves the solute and makes a solution.

Question 12

pH scale

Answer 12

a measure of the acidity and alkalinity of a substance; the pH scale has a range of 0-14, w/ 7 being neutral. A pH below 7 is an acidic solution; a pH above 7 is an alkaline solution.