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Chemistry

Core Vocabulary List

absolute zero

acidity

activation energy

addition reaction

alcohol

alkalinity

allotrope

alpha particle

amide

amine

amino acids

anode

aqueous solution

Arrhenius acid

Arrhenius base

Arrhenius theory

asymmetric distribution of charge

asymmetrical molecule

atomic mass unit

atomic nuclei

atomic number

atomic radius

atoms

average atomic mass

balanced chemical equation

battery

beta particle

boiling

boiling point

catalyst

cathode

cathode ray tube

chain

charge

chemical bond

chemical change

chemical change

chemical properties

chemical reaction

chemical reactivity

collision theory

combustion

combustion of fuels

composition

compound

concentration

condensation

conservation of atoms

conservation of charge

conservation of mass

conservation of matter

corrosion

covalent bond

covalent compound

decomposition reaction

density

deposition

double bond

double replacement reaction

E=mc2

electrochemical cell

electrolyte

electrolytic cell

electromagnetic spectrum

electron

electron cloud model

electron dot diagram

electron shell

electronegativity

electroplating

element

emission

emitted energy

empirical formula

endothermic

entropy

equilibrium

ester

esterification

evaporation

excited state

exothermic

fermentation

first ionization energy

fission

fixed proportion

formula mass

freezing

freezing point

functional group

fusion

gamma radiation

gas

gold foil experiment

gram-formula mass

ground state

half-life

half-reaction

hardness

heterogeneous

higher energy level

homogeneous

hydrocarbon

hydrogen bond

hydrogenation

hydronium

ideal gas

indicator

intermolecular force

ion

ionic bond

ionic compound

ionic radius

ionization energy

ionizing power

isomer

isotope

IUPAC system

kelvin scale

kinetic energy

kinetic molecular theory

kinetic theory of matter

Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy

LeChatelier’s principle

Lewis structure

liquid

malleability

mass

mass number

melting

metal

metallic bond

metalloid

mixture

molarity

mole ratio

molecular formula

molecular polarity

"most probable electron location"

multiple covalent bond

network

neutralization

neutron

noble gas

nonmetal

nonpolar molecule

nonvolatile solute

nuclear accident

nuclear changes

nuclear fission

nuclear reaction

nucleus

oil

orbital

organic acid

organic compound

oxidation

oxidation number

oxidation-reduction reaction

parts per million

penetrating power

percent by mass

percent by volume

percent composition

periodic table

pH

phases of matter

physical property

physical state

polar molecule

polarity

polymer

polymerization

potential energy

potential energy diagram

pressure

product

proton

quanta

quantitative scientific experiment

quantum theory

radiation

radioactive dating

radioactive isotope

radioactivity

rate of decay

rate of reaction

reactant

reactivity

redox

refining of metal

ring

salt

saponification

solid

solidification

solubility

solute

solution

solvent

spectra

spontaneous decay

stability

structural formula

subatomic particle

sublimation

substitution

symmetrical molecule

synthesis reaction

thermal energy

titration

transmutation

triple bond

unsaturated

valence electron

valence electron configuration

valence shell

vaporization

voltaic cell

wavelength

weighted average mass

whole-number ratio