Definitions that begin with the Letter A
Periodic table
Chemical Equations
Famous Scientists
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100
Aliquot
What is a small amount of liquid used to rinse something called?
100
Fluorine
What is the most reactive non-metal on the periodic table?
100
PV = nRT
What is the Ideal gas law?
100
Ernest Rutherford
Who is the scientist who devised the Gold Foil Experiment?
100
Vapor
What do you call a compound that is currently in the gaseous state, but would normally be found as a liquid or solid at room temperature?
200
Alloy
What is a homogeneous mixture of two or more metals?
200
Dmitri Mendeleev
Who is considered the father of the periodic table?
200
P total = P1 + P2 +P3
What is Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure
200
Svante Arrhenius
Who developed the concept of ions?
200
Chemistry is the study of matter and its transformations
What is Chemistry the study of?
300
Allotropes
What are graphite, diamond and soot called?
300
Because the elements in this group have filled valence shells.
Why is group 18 so unreactive?
300
q = m x delta T x c
What is the equation to solve for heat?
300
Glenn Seaborg
Who is credited with forming most of the trans-uranium elements?
300
Acetic acid
What is the acid found in vinegar?
400
Amorphous
What is a substance called that has no specific shape?
400
Halogens (or group 17)
To what group does chlorine belong?
400
delta G = delta H - (T x delta S)
What is the equation used to determine Gibb's Free Energy?
400
James Chadwick
Who is the scientist who discovered neutrons?
400
A chemical that increases the energy of activation for a reaction.
What is an inhibitor?
500
The unstable intermediate compound formed in a chemical reaction.
What is an activated complex?
500
The names of the two rows that are located under the periodic table.
What is the lanthanide and actinide series.
500
delta H = q / mol
What is the change in enthalpy.
500
Le Chatelier
Who discovered that systems in equilibrium can be stressed?
500
Phenolphthalein
What is an acid base indicator.
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