GENERAL
GENERAL
GENERAL
GENERAL
GENERAL
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Smallest particle of an element that has all properties of that element
Atom
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A solution that has a pH below 7 , turns litmus paper from blue to red.
Acid
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A solution that has a pH above 7 and turns litmus paper from red to blue.
Alkali
100
The simplest form of matter
Element
100
What is chemistry?
Science that deals with the composition, structures and properties of matter.
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What is combustion?
Rapid oxidation of a substance acompanied by heat and light.
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What does "volatile" mean?
Evaporates easily
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Substance that dissolves the solute to form a solution
Solvent
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Measure of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
pH
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An atom or molecule that carries an electrical charge
Ion
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a sweet, colorless, oily substance used as a moiturizing ingredient in cosmetics
glycerin
300
Word for loves water
Hydrophilic
300
What is matter?
Substance that occupies space and has mass
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What does miscible mean?
Can be mixed with another liquid without separating
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A stable mixture of two or more mixable substances
solution
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The addition of oxygen,to or the substraction of hydrogen from a substance.
Oxidation
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What is reduction?
The subtraction of oxygen from or the addition of hydrogen to a substance.
400
Special types of ingredients used in hair conditioners or lubricants for the skin.
silicones
400
A substance that is dissoved in a solution.
solute
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Contraction for reduction-oxidation; chemical reaction in which oxidizing agent is reduced and the reducing agent is oxidized.
redox
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A chemical combination of matter, in definte proportions
Pure substance
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An unstable mixture of undissolved particles in a liquid.
suspension
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Chemical reactions which produce heat.
exothermic
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A physical combination of matter in any proportions
physical mixture
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Chemical combinations of atoms of the same element.
elemental molecules