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Acidic Oxide

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Oxide that lowers pH in water

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Activation energy

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minimum energy needed for colliding particles to react

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Addition Polymerisation

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Monomers combining to form a large molecule

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Adsorption

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The method of attachment of gaseous or liquid molecules to solid surface

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Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)

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instrumental method used to analyse water for heavy metls

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Atomic number

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number of protons in nucleus

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Atomic orbital

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Region around nucleus in which there is a high probability of finding electron

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Bond energy

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average energy required to break 1 mole of bonds into separate atoms in the gaseous state

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catalyst

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substance that alters rate of a reaction and is not used up

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catalytic poison

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substance that blocks the active site of a catalyst and stops it working eg. Pb for Pt, Pd and Rh in a catalytic converter

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Chemical equilibrium

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state in which rate of forward reaction = rate of reverse reaction

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chromatography

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separation of a mixture of components based on their relative attractions for a stationary phase while carried by a mobile phase

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condensation reaction

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production of a more complex molecule with formation of an unsaturated compound (or double bond) by the loss of a small molecule

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covalent bond

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involving sharing of one or more pairs of electrons

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crystals

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regular solids made up of particles with faces intersecting at fixed angles or consisting of particles in a lattice

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Dobereiner’s Tiads

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elements of similar properties in groups of three

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Dynamic

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reaction has notstopped

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Effective collision

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one that results in a reaction

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electrolysis

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chemical reaction caused by electric current passing through an electrolyte

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electronegativity

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measure of relative attraction for shared electrons

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equilibrium

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rate of forward reaction = rate of reverse reaction

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eutrophication

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excess plant growth caused by excess nutrient in water

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feedstock

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Modified and purified raw materials

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flocculation

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clumping of suspended solids in the water

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greenhouse factor

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stating its influence on the greenhouse effect compared with carbon dioxide

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greenhouse effect

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blocking the escape of radiation by gases in the atmosphere

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greenhouse gas

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atmospheric gas that prevents escape of heat

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heterogeneous catalyst

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reactants and catalyst in different phases

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homogeneous catalyst

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reactants and catalyst in the same phase

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homologous series

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group of organic chemicals which have the same general formula or differ by CH2 or same functional group

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hydrocarbon

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compounds composed of carbon (C) and Hydrogen (H) only

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immiscible liquids

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do not mix or do not dissolve in each other

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isomers

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compounds with same molecular formula but different structural formulas

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intermolecular

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forces between molecules

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intramolecular

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forces between atoms in a molecule

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K𝓌

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= [H⁺][OH⁻] or [H₃O⁺][OH⁻]

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limiting reagent

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substance that is totally consumed when the chemical reaction is complete

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nitrogen fixation

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conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to compounds that can be used by plants

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pH

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definition is the formula

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pi bond

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side-on overlap of p-orbitals

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reversible

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can go in both directions

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scrubbing

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method of removing pollutants from industrial chimney gases

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sigma bond

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head-on overlap of orbitals

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standardised

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concentration got by another titration (or colorimetry or u.v. spectroscopy)

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structural isomers

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compounds having same molecular formula but diff structural formulas

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volatile

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easily vaporised

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