Chemistry Flashcards
Activation energy
Energy that must be overcome for a chemical reaction to occur
Acid
pH of less than 7
Aeration
Process in which air is mixed with a liquid
Anion
Negatively charged ion
Atomic number
Number of protons the nucleus of an atom
Base
pH of mor than 7
Catalyst
Substance that changes the rate of reaction
Cation
Positively charged ion
Centrifuge
Device that uses rotation to separate substances
Colloid
Mixed substances that are evenly dispersed
Combustion
Burning with fuel, heat and oxygen
Deposition
Settling of particles in a solution
Electrolyte
Electrically conducive substance
Electron
Elementary particle with no charge
Entropy
Even distribution of a system
Frequency
Number of events per unit of time
Indicator
Compound added to a solution that changes color depending on acidity
Insulator
Material that resists the flow of electricity
Ion
Atom that has gained or lost an electron
Ionization
Process of converting an atom into an ion
Kinetics
Study of the rates of chemical processes
Lattice
Arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal
Mole
Measurement that contains 6.02x10^23
Molecule
Neutral group of atoms held together by bonds
pH
Measure of the acidity of a solution
Precipitate
Formation of a solid in a solution
Proton
Positive part of an atom’s nucleus
Quark
Elementary particle of matter
Reagent
Substance that is added to a system to get a reaction
Sol
Suspension of solids in a liquid
Solute
The part of the solution that is put into the solvent
Sublimation
Phase transition from a solid to a gas
Triple point
Temp and pressure at which three states of matter exist simultaneously
Valence electron
Outermost electrons of an atom
Viscosity
Measure of resistance of a fluid, or thickness
Yield
Amount of a product made in a chemical reaction
Amedeo Avogadro
Worked in molecular theory
Marie curie
Radioactivity
Antoine Lavoisier
French father of modern chemistry
Gilbert Lewis
Discovered the covalent bond
Edwin McMillan
First produced the transuranium element
Dmitri Mendeleev
Invented the periodic table of elements
Karl friedrich mohr
Known for conservation of energy principle
Alfred Nobel
Inventor of dynamite
Linus Pauling
Quantum chemist who won multiple NOBEL prizes
Robert burns Woodward
American organic chemist