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Matter and Energy Flashcards

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Is a characteristics of a substance that can be observed without changing the basic idenity of the substance

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Physical Property

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Physical Property

Are inherent to a substance and do not depend on the amount of the subtance present

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Intrinsic properties

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Physical property

Depend on the amount of the substance present and can change when the quantity of the material changes

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Extrinsic properties

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Is a characteristic of a substance that describes the way the substance undergoes or resists change to form a new substance

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Chemical Property

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A process in which a substance changes its physcial appearance but not its chemical composition

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Physical change

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A process in which a substance undergoes a change in chemical composition

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Chemical change

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The combining substances

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Reactants

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Substances formed

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Products

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Phase Changes in Matter

Solid to liquid

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Melting

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Phase Changes in Matter

Liquid to solid

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Freezing or Solidification

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Phase Changes in Matter

Liquid to gas

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Evaporation

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Phase Changes in Matter

Gas to liquid

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Condensation

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Phase Changes in Matter

Solid to gas

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Sublimation

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Phase Changes in Matter

Gas to solid

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Deposition

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is a single kind of matter that cannot be separated into other kinds of matter by any physical means

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Pure Substance

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Classification of elements

Physical properties of Metals

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  • Usually solid at room temperature
  • Ductile
  • Malleable
  • Good conductor of heat and electricity
  • Show metallic luster when polish
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Classification of elements

Chemical properties of Metals

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  • Combine with other metals to form an alloy
  • React with non-metal to form ionic compound or salts
  • Lose electron forming positive ion
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Classification of elements

Physical properties of Non-metals

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  • Dull and cannot be polished
  • Brittle
  • Poor conductor of heat and electricity
  • Low melting point
  • Low densities
  • Some are gases, liquids or solids at room temperature
  • Low tensile strength
  • Not sonorous
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Classification of elements

Chemical properties of Non-metal

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  • Combine with non-metal to form covalent compounds
  • Gain electrons forming a negative ion
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Classification of elements

Properties of Metaloids

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  • Have properties that lie between metals and non-metals
  • Often look like metal but are brittle like non-metal
  • Poor conductors of electricity but their conductivity increases as temperature rises
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Is a pure substance that can be broken down into two or more simpler pure substance by chemical means

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Compound

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The difference between Organic and Inorganic Compounds

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Organic contains carbon while Inorganic doesnt

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Classification of Compounds

Substances that dontate protons when dissolved in water

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Acids

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Classification of Compounds

Are substances that accept protons or donate hydroxide ions in solution

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Bases

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Classification of Compounds

are ionic compounds formed from the neutralization reaction between an acid and a base

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Salts

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Classification of Compounds

are compounds that contain at least one oxygen aton and one other element

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Oxides

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Is a physical combination of two or more pure substances in which each substance retains its own chemical idenity

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Mixture

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Properties of Mixture

The composition is uniform throughout

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Homogeneity

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Properties of Mixture

Less than 1 nanometer (nm)

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Particle Size

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Properties of Mixture

Particles are not visible, even under a microscope

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Visibility

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Properties of Mixture

Solutions are stable and the solute does not settle out over time

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Stability

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Properties of Mixture

Solute particles cannot be separated

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Filtration

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are heterogeneous mixtures where the particle size is intermediate between those in solutions are suspensions

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Colloids

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are heterogenous mixtures where the particles are large enough to eventially settle out

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Suspensions

General and Inorganic Chemistry (3 decks)

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