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The study of macroscopic properties, atomic properties, and phenomena in chemical systems

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Physical chemistry

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The study of chemicals containing carbon with hydrogen

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Organic chemistry

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The study of chemicals that do not, in general, contain carbon

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Inorganic chemistry

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The study of the composition of matter

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Analytical chemistry

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The study of chemical processes that occur in living things

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Biochemistry

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The study of chemical processes occurring in the environment

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Environmental chemistry

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  • The study of polymers, which are large molecules composed of repeating structural units called monomers
  • Plastics, fibers, rubbers, adhesives, and biological macromolecules such as DNA and proteins
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Polymer chemistry

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  • Branch of chemistry that focuses on the unique properties and behavior of materials at the nanoscale
  • 1 to 100 nanometers
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Nanochemistry

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  • Chemistry, as a science, is a ___ of a natural phenomenon
  • Chemical information is based on ___ and ___
  • Chemical knowledge is ___
  • Chemical knowledge is ___
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  • Description
  • Theories and laws
  • Tentative
  • Abstract
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  • The quantity of material (traditional definition)
  • Measure of an object’s ability to resist changes in its motion (new definition)
  • The resistance to acceleration
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Mass

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Three-dimensional space occupied by anything with mass, or is enclosed by a surface; has a definite boundary

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Volume

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Pure Substances

A pure substance consisting of atoms with the same atomic number

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Elemental substance

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Pure Substances

Two elements bound by a single strong
chemical bond

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Binary compound substance

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Pure Substances

Elements bound by several chemical bonds of various polarity

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Polyelemental compound

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Pure Chemical Substances

Three-dimensional network of covalent bonds, forming a continuous structure throughout the material

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Network covalent material

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Pure Chemical Substances

Has the ability to conduct electricity, exhibit luster, and typically have high thermal conductivity

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Metallic element

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Pure Chemical Substances

A homogeneous mixture of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, with enhanced properties compared to its individual components

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Alloy

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Pure Chemical Substances

Substances composed of discrete molecules; molecules interact via IFAs

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Molecular substance

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Pure Chemical Substances

A chemical compound composed of positively charged ions (cations) and negatively charged ions (anions) held together by ionic bonds

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Simple ionic salt

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Pure Chemical Substances

___ salts have discrete molecular ions, while ___ salts involve coordination compounds with a central metal ion or atom and surrounding ligands

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Molecular and complex salt

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Pure Chemical Substances

Long-chain molecules consisting of identical monomers (homopolymers) or different, but repeating monomers (heteropolymers)

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Polymer

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Naturally occurring, inorganic solid substance with a specific chemical composition and an ordered atomic arrangement

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Mineral

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Transient Entities

Are charged particles formed when an atom gains or loses electrons

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Atomic ions

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Transient Entities

Highly reactive and unstable molecules or atoms with unpaired electrons

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Free radicals

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Transient Entities

Atoms, ions, or molecules that have absorbed energy and moved to a higher energy level than their ground state

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Excited state species

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They accept electrons

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Non-metals

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They lose electrons

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Metals

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Pure Chemical Substances

Mixtures in which particles are mixed but NOT dissolved; particles are ALWAYS suspended

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Colloidal Suspension/ Colloid

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Physical vs. Chemical property

Properties which show by itself, without changing into or interacting with another substance; perceived by the senses

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Physical properties

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Properties which show as it changes into or interacts with other substances

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Chemical properties

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  • Unaffected by the amount of matter present in any sample
  • Determined by the amount of substance present
  • Eg. density, temperature, color
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Intensive properties of matter

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  • Are affected by the amount of matter contained in a given sample
  • Eg. mass, volume, total energy
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Extensive properties of matter

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Two factors that affect the state of a substance

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  1. Temperature
  2. Pressure
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Inventor of barometer (measures atm pressure)

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Evangelista Torricelli

35
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Sea level atmospheric pressure

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760mm Hg

36
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Atm pressure decreases as altitute ___

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Increases

37
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An electrically conducting medium in which there are roughly
equal numbers of positively and negatively charged particles, produced when the atoms in a gas become ionized

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Plasma

38
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An atom in near absolute zero when exposed to heat will undergo an identity crisis

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Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC)

39
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1 Kelvin to Celcius

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273.15 °C

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  • The smallest discrete unit of a phenomenon
  • “An amount” “how much?”
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Quantum

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  • Heat is absorbed by reactants to form products
  • Uphill
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Endothermic reactions

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Heat is released

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  • Exothermic reactions
  • Downhill
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Formula for total energy of an object

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Potential energy + kinetic energy

44
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Highly ordered to less ordered state

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Endothermic

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Less ordered to more ordered state

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Exothermic

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3 types of pure substances

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  1. Elemental substance
  2. Binary compound substance
  3. Polyelemental compound
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9 types of pure chemical substance

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  1. Network covalent material
  2. Metallic element
  3. Alloy
  4. Molecular substance
  5. Simple ionic salt
  6. Molecular and complex salt
  7. Polymer
  8. Glass
  9. Mineral
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4 transient entities

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  1. Atomic ions
  2. Molecular and complex ions
  3. Free radicals
  4. Excited state species

Chem Lec Prelims (8 decks)

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