Matter & Elements
Anything that occupies space and has mass.
What is matter?
A change in the form or appearance without forming a new substance.
What is a physical change?
A stable physical mixture of two or more substances.
What is a solution?
The pH scale ranges from __ to __.
What is 0 to 14?
Chemistry important to cosmetology is primarily ____.
What is organic and inorganic chemistry?
The simplest form of chemical matter.
What is an element?
A change that creates a new substance with different properties.
What is a chemical change?
A substance that dissolves the solute in a solution.
What is a solvent?
A pH below 7 indicates this.
What is acidity?
Organic substances always contain this element.
What is carbon?
The smallest particle of an element.
What is an atom?
Substances that speed up chemical reactions.
What are catalysts?
An unstable physical mixture that separates over time.
What is a suspension?
A pH above 7 indicates this.
What is alkalinity?
Inorganic substances do not contain this element.
What is carbon?
A physical combination of matter in any proportion.
What is a mixture?
The process of a substance combining with oxygen.
What is oxidation?
A mixture of two immiscible substances held together with a binder.
What is an emulsion?
Pure water has this pH.
What is 7 (neutral)?
This branch of chemistry deals with compounds that contain carbon.
What is organic chemistry?
A chemical combination of two or more atoms of different elements.
What is a compound?
An example of a chemical change in cosmetology.
What is the processing of hair color or perm?
A mixture that has the ability to bind different substances together.
What is a surfactant?
A product with a pH of 9 is considered ____.
What is alkaline?
Safe product usage requires understanding of ____.
What is product chemistry and SDS?