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Precision

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Reflects how close the values In a set of measurements are to each other

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Accuracy

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How close the measured value is to the actual value

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Conversions

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K h d m d c m

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Density formula

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Mass/ volume= d

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Percent error formula

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Accepted value-experimental value/ accepted value x 100

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Chemistry

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The scientific study of matter and the changes that it undergoes

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Scientific method

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Ask a question
Do background research
Create a hypothesis
Do an experiment 
Gather the data
Form a conclusion
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Matter

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Anything that takes up space

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Atom

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Basic building block of matter

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What 2 groups can matter be grouped into

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Pure substances- type of matter with constant composition and properties throughout.
Mixtures- physical combination of 2 or more substances

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Types of pure substances

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Elements and compounds

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Types of mixtures

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Homogenous

Heterogenous

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Homogenous

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A Solution, mixed thoroughly and evenly

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Heterogenous

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Consists of visibly different substances

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Element

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A substance made of only one kind of atom

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Compound

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Made up of more than 1 type of atom

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Molecule

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Smallest particle of a compound

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Colloid

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A type of heterogenous mixture with a particle between a suspension and solution.

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Tyndall effect

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A colloid whose particles can’t be separates through filtration but scatter light

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Emulsion

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A colloidal dispersion of a liquid in either a liquid or a solid

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Physical changes

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Changes that do not alter the identity of a substance 
Some include..
Changes of state
Separation of a mixture
Deformation (cutting, bending)
Making solutions
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Chemical changes

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Changes that occur when one substance is turned into another substance
Harder to reverse
Ex
Burning

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Distillation

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A purification process where the components of a liquid mixture are vaporized then condensed and isolated

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Evaporation

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Removes a liquid from a solution to leave a solid material

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Chromatography

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Involves solvent seperation on a solid medium

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Filltration

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Separates solids of different sizes

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Law of conservation of mass

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States that during a chemical reaction the mass of the products must be equal to mass of reactants.

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Law of definite proportions

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Elements react to form compounds in fixed proportions by mass

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Law of multiple proportions

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Elements combine with each other to form simple whole number ratios

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Electrons

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Negative charge

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Protons

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Positive charge

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Neutrons

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No charge

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Isotopes

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Atoms that have the same atomic number but different mass numbers due to a change in the number of neutrons

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Average atomic mass

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Multiply atomic mass and percent abundance of each thing and then multiply.
Then add together

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Avogadro’s number

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6.2x 10^23

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Period

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Horizontal row

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Group

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Vertical row

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Metals

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Good conductors, malleable

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Non metal

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Bad conductors, brittle

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Metalloid

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Element with properties between metals and nonmetals.

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Combination

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A+B–> AB

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Decomposition

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AB–> A+B

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Single replacement

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A+Bx–> B+Ax

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Double replacement

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Ax+By–> Ay+Bx

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Combustion

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Hydrocarbon + oxygen Always yields carbon dioxide and water

O2 –> CO2 + H2O

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Empirical formula

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Convert to mols

Divide by the smallest number

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Retention factor equation (used in chromatography)

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Distance travel by spot/distance traveled by solvent front

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Empirical formula

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Convert to mols and then divide by the smallest number to find simplist form
If percents just turn it to grams.. 25% = 25g

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John dalton

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Invented the atomic theory

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Rutherford

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Did plum pudding experiment to find structure

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Molecular formula

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Solve molecular formula molar mass and divide by empirical formula molar mass

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Sig figs

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w/ decimal- read left to right, first non zero and everything after
w/o decimal- read right to left, first non zero

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Beta particle

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0/-1e or B-

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Gamma ray

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y

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Positron

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0/+1B

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Alpha particle

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4/2 He

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Heat capacity of water

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4.18 g/joule

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