Chapter 4 Physical Properties: glass and soil Flashcards
What kind of properties such as weight, volume, color, boiling point, and melting point describe a substance without reference to any other
substance.
Physical properties
What kind of properties such as weight, volume, color, boiling point, and melting point describe a substance without reference to any other
substance.
Physical properties
What kind of property describes the behavior of a substance when it reacts or combines with another substance?
Chemical property
What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?
0 degrees Celsius
What is the boiling point of water according to the Celsius scale?
100 degrees Celsius
How is density defined?
Density = Mass / Volume
What is the bending of light waves because of a change in velocity called?
Refraction
What is the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in the medium under examination?
refractive index
What kind of glass is stronger than normal
glass due to rapid heating and cooling?
Tempered glass
What kind of glass is found in car windshields
has a layer of plastic between two pieces of
ordinary window glass?
Laminated glass
What method is a rather precise and rapid method for comparing glass densities?
the flotation method
What method involves immersing a glass particle in a liquid medium whose refractive index is varied
until it is equal to that of the glass particle
The immersion method
What is the bright halo near the boarder of a particle that is immersed in a liquid of a different refractive index called?
The Becke line
What kind of property describes the behavior of a substance when it reacts or combines with another substance?
Chemical property
What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?
0 degrees Celsius
