Chemistry Flashcards
Strong acid
An acid that has a complete reaction
Weak Acid
An acid that has a partial reaction
Base
A substance that releases OH ions when dissolved in water
Neutralization
A reaction between an acid and a base
The H ions and the OH ions react to form water
What happens to hydrogen ions dissolved in water (e.g. from acid?)
It combines w/ water to become H3O
Standard solution/known solution
A solution whose concentration is known
Unknown solutions
A solution in which the concentration is unknown
Titration
Using the concentration of a known solution to determine the concentration of an unknown solution
Oxidation
Gain of charge/loss of electron
Reduction
Loss of charge / gain of electron
Oxidizing agent
The atom that is reduced
Reducing agent
The atom that is oxidized
Electromagnetic Radiation
light/radiation (it’s all technically the same thing w/ different wavelengths)
Wavelength
Length of cycle of a wave of light
Distance between 2 crests
Frequency
Number of electromagnetic waves per second
Amplitude
Height of electromagnetic waves
Speed of light
3x10^8 m/s
What aspect of light most affects energy?
Frequency
Diffraction
Warping of light waves to fit through small opening
Refraction
Bending of the path of light waves when in enters another substance
Blackbody radiation
Light emitted by a solid object when sufficiently heated
Quantum
A unit of fixed amount of energy (quantized energy)
Quantized
Occurring in fixed amounts rather than being continuous
Bohr Model of Hydrogen Atom
H atoms have a stationary state, they only have fixed energy levels