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Topic 1: Introduction to chemistry Flashcards

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Amount of substance

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A means of counting atoms - Units: moles

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Atom

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What all elements and compounds are made up of . - includes protons, neutrons and electrons

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Avogadro constant

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The number of atoms per mole of carbon-12 - 6.02 x 10^23 mol-1

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Compound

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Substance composed of two or more separate elements

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Covalent Bond

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Strong electrostatic attraction between a shared pair of electrons and nuclei of the bonded atoms

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Dative covalent bond

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Bonding where both electrons come from one atom

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Electron

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A subatomic particle with a negative charge

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Electron configuration

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The number of electrons a atom or ion has and how they are arranged

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Element

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Substance consisting of atoms, which are the simplest they can be

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Empirical formula

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shows the simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element in a compound

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First ionisation energy

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The energy required to remove 1 mole from each atom in one mole of gaseous atoms of an element and forms 1 mole of gaseous ions

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Giant Covalent

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A huge network of covalently bonded atoms

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Giant ionic lattice

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Regular arrangement of anions and cations

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Metallic bond

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Electrostatic attraction between the electrons and positive ions

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Half equation

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Chemical equation used to describe an oxidation or reduction half-reaction

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Ion

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An atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to less or gain of one or more electron

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Ionic bonding

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The electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions

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Isotope

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Atoms of the same element with a different number of neutrons

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Isotopic abundance

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A measure of how much an isotope of a chemical appears on average

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Atomic Mass

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Total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus

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Molar Mass

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The mass per mol of a substance in g mol-1

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Mole

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The amount of any substance containing as many elementary particles as there are carbon atoms in 12 grams of carbon-12 particles

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Molecular formula

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Shows the number and the type of atoms present of each element present in a compound

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Molecular ion

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Formed by gaining or losing of elemental ions such as a proton

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Molecule

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A group of atoms bonded together representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that takes part in a chemical reaction

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Monoatomic ion

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Formed by the gain or loss of electrons to the valence shell (outer) in a single atom

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Nucleus

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Positively charged core of an atom containing protons and neutrons

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Oxidation

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A loss of electron

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Oxidation numbers

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A measure of the number of electrons that an atom uses to bond with an atom of another element. Derived from a set of rules known as an element oxidation state

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Orbital

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A region within an atom that can hold up to two electrons with opposite spin

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S-orbital

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Spherical shape

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P-orbital

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Dumbbell shape

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Proton

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Subatomic particle with a positive electric charge

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Redox

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A reaction involving reduction and oxidation

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Anhydrous

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Contains no waters of crystallisation

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Reduction

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A gain of electron

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Relative atomic mass (Ar)

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The weighted mean mass of an atom of an element compared to the mass of 1/12 of the mass of an atom in carbon 12

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Relative molecular mass (Mr)

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The mean average of the masses of the formula units relative to 1/12th of the mass of a carbon-12 atom

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Relative isotopic mass

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The mass of an atom of an isotope compared to the mass of 1/12th of the mass of an atom in carbon-12

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Electron shell

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A group of atomic orbitals with the same principal quantum number. Also known as main energy level

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Simple molecule

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Only a few atoms held together by strong covalent bonds

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Stoichiometry

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The ratio of the amount in moles of each substance in a chemical reaction

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Sub-shell

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A group of orbital of the same type within a shell

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Water of crystallisation

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Water molecules that are bonded into a crystalline structure of a compound

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Hydrated

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A crystallised compound containing water molecules

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