CHEM Flashcards
A colourless, flammable, extemely toxic gas with a disagreeable garliclike odour
PHOSPHOLIPID
Purpose of egg in baking - bc oil and water can’t combine, egg will act as a sweater around the lipids (butter, oils, other fats) and help mix better
ALUM
A chemical substance containing aluminium used in dyeing (= changing the colour of something) and as an astringent
BRIMSTONE
Chemcial sulfur
‘AS-PAR-TAME
ˈæs.pɚ.teɪm
An artificial non-saccharide sweetener 200 times sweeter than sucrose
RADICALS
An atom, molecule, or ion that has at least one unpaired valence electron
‘RI-BO-FLA-VIN
ˈrībəˌflāvən
Fight free radicals and may reduce or help prevent some of the damage they cause
Help the body change vitamin B6 and folate into forms it can use
Growth and red blood cell production
TANNINS
TANNOIDS
Class of astringent, polyphenolic biomolecules that bind to and precipitate proteins and various other organic compounds including amino acids and alkaloids.
The component of red wine that frames the fruit and more savory notes.
‘I-SO-TOPES
1 or 2 more species of atoms of a chemial element with same atomic number and position in the periodic table and nearly identical chemical behavior but with different atomic masses and physical properties.
Every chemical element has 1 or more isotopes.
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
Hydrogen fluoride
- chemical compound (HF) - fluorine.
- colorless gas, fuming liquid, can be dissolved in water
- refrigerants, herbicides, pharmaceuticals, alu, plastics, etc
LABILE
ˈleɪ.baɪl
easily broken down or changed, by heat for ex.
GALVANIC
relating to or involving an electric current
RICIN
poisonous powder from the bean of the caster oil plant
RICIN
highly toxic protein obtained from pressed seeds or castor-oil plant
PROPHYLACTIC
intended to prevent disease
