INDEX OF TERMS

The Basic Language and Vocabulary of Chemistry  


INDEX OF TERMS

Alphabetical Index
(click on a letter)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W

A

absorbance

acid

acid anhydride

acid dissociation constant

acid-base (reaction type)

acid-base equilibria

acidic solution

acidity constant

activation energy

acyclic compound

addition (reaction type)

adduct

aerosol

alcohol

aldehyde

aliquot

alkali

alkali metal (element)

alkaline earth metal (element)

alkaline solution

alkane

alkene

alkyl group

alkyl halide

alkyne

allotrope

amide

amine

amount of substance

analysis

analyte

anhydride

anion

anode

aqueous solution

Arrhenius equation

Arrhenius plot

aromatic compounds

atom

atomic mass constant

atomic number

atomic orbitals

atomic weight

Avogadro constant

Avogadro's hypothesis

azimuthal quantum number

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B

balanced chemical equation

balanced redox equations

base

basic solution

basicity constant

Beer's law

benzene

benzyl group

bimolecular rate constant

bimolecular reaction

binary compound

blocks of periodic table

bond

bond enthalpy (strength)

bond length

bond strength

Boyle's law

Brønsted acid or base

buffer solution

burette

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C

calorimeter

calorimetry

carbocation

carboxylic acid

carboxylic acid derivative

carboxylic acid salt

catalyst

cathode

cation

cell potential

cell reaction

chain length (chain reactions)

chain reaction

Charles's law

chemical bond           chemical bond            chemical bond

chemical equation

chemical equilibrium

chemical formula

chemical kinetics

chemical reaction

chemical yield

chemistry

classes of equilibrium

classification of reactions

coherent SI units

colloid

combustion

complex ion

complex ion formation

composition

compound

concentration

concentration equilibrium constant

condensation

condensation (reaction type)

condensed structures

conjugate acid            conjugate acid

conjugate base

constitutional isomer

coordination

covalent bond

crystalline solid

crystallisation

cyclic compound

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D

dalton

Dalton's law of partial pressures

decomposition

decomposition equilibrium

density

deposition

derivative of carboxylic acid

dissolution

distribution coefficient

double bond

dynamic equilibrium

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E

electrochemical cell

electrochemistry

electrode

electrode potential

electrode potential of a couple

electrode reactions

electrolysis

electrolyte

electrolytic cell

electromotive force

electron

electron configuration

electron pair

electron shells

electronegativity       electronegativity

electronic energy levels

electronic structure

electrophile

electrophilic addition

electrophilic aromatic substitution

element

elemental analysis

elemental substance

elementary reaction

elimination (reaction type)

elimination second order

empirical formula

emulsion

endothermic reaction

energy levels

enthalpy change

equilibrium constant

equivalence point

ester

evaporation

excited state

exothermic reaction

extinction coefficient

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F

Faraday constant

Faraday's laws of electrochemistry

foam

formal charge

formation constant

formula

free-radical        free-radical

free-radical addition

freezing

functional group

fusion

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G

galvanic cell

gas

gas evolution

gas laws

gel

gravimetric analysis

ground state

groups of periodic table

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H

half-cell

half-life

half-reaction       half-reaction

halide

halide (alkyl)

halide ion

haloalkane

halogen

heat

heat capacity

heat capacity at constant pressure

heat of combustion

heat of formation

Heisenberg uncertainty principle

Henry's law

Hess's law of heat summation

heterogeneous catalysis

heterogeneous mixture

heterolytic bond breaking or making

homogeneous catalysis

homogeneous mixture

homolytic bond breaking

homolytic bond making

hydrocarbons

hydrogen abstraction

hydrogen bond

hydrolysis      

hydronium ion

hydroxide

hydroxide ion

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I

ideal gas

ideal gas equation

initiation step

inorganic chemistry

inorganic compound

integrated rate equation

intermolecular bonds

intramolecular bonds

ion

ionic bond

ionic compound

ionic equation

ionisation energy

isomer

isotope

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K

ketone

kinetic theory of gases

kinetics

K for overall reactions

K's on reversing reaction

Kw

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L

latent heat

Lewis acid or base            Lewis acid or base

Lewis structures            Lewis structures

life-time

ligand

liquid

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M

magnetic quantum number

mass number

matter

mean life-time

measurement

melting

metal

metallic bond

metalloid

mixture

molality

molar absorptivity

molar heat capacity

molar mass

molar (mol L¯1)

molar (per mole)

molarity

mole

mole fraction

molecular formula

molecular weight

molecular shape

molecularity

molecule

monomer

multifunctional compound

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N

neutral solution

neutralisation

neutron

nomenclature

nomenclature of inorganic compounds.

nomenclature of organic compounds

non-metal

nuclear equation

nucleon

nucleophile

nucleophilic substitution

nucleus

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O

occupancy of shells

optical density

order of reaction

organic chemistry

organic compounds

oxidant (oxidising agent)

oxidation

oxidation number (state)

oxide

oxo

oxonium ion

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P

partial pressure

parts per million

paste

per (meaning of)

percentage chemical yield

percentage composition

periodic table            periodic table

periods

pH

phase

phase change

phenyl group

photon

pipette

pK

pKa

polar bond

polar molecule

polymer            polymer

polymerisation

polyprotic acid or base

position of equilibrium

positional isomers

potential

precipitation

prefixes for decimal multiples

prefixes, Latin and Greek

pressure equilibrium constant

primary amide

primary amine

primary carbon atom

primary standard

principal quantum number

product

propagation steps

proton            proton

proton acceptor

proton donor

proton transfer reaction

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Q

quantity

quantity calculus

quantum numbers

quantum theory

quarternary carbon atom

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R

radioactivity

rate constant (coefficient)

rate equation (law)

rate of reaction

rate-determining step

reactant

reaction

reaction intermediate

reaction mechanism

reaction order

reaction quotient

reaction rate

redox couple

redox potential

redox reaction

reductant (reducing agent)

reduction

reduction potential

relative atomic mass            relative atomic mass

relative molecular mass

resonance hybrid            resonance hybrid

resonance structure            resonance structures

reversible galvanic cell

reversible reaction

rows of periodic table

rules for balancing redox equations

rules for drawing Lewis structures

rules for oxidation numbers (states)

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S

salt            salt

salt of carboxylic acid

saturated compound

saturated solution

Schrödinger wave equation

secondary amide

secondary amine

secondary carbon atom

semimetal

shape

SI units

single bond

slurry

sol

solid

solubility

solubility constant (product)

solute

solution

solvent

specific heat capacity

spectator ions

spectrophotometric cell

spectroscopic analysis

spin of an electron

spin quantum number

stability constant

standard concentrations

standard hydrogen electrode

standard pressure

standard solution

standardising

stoichiometric coefficient

stoichiometric point

stoichiometry

strong acid

strong base

strong oxidant or reductant

structural formula

structural isomer

structure of organic compounds.

sublimation

substance

substitution (reaction type)

surroundings

system

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T

table of electrode potentials

temperature control of equilibrium

termination step

termolecular reaction

tertiary amide

tertiary amine

tertiary carbon atom

thermochemistry

titrant

titration

titre

transition metal (element)

triple bond

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U

unified atomic mass unit

unimolecular reaction

unit

units of equilibrium constants

universal gas constant

unsaturated compound

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V

valence

valence electrons

valence shell electron-pair repulsion theory

Van der Waals bonds

vapour

vinyl group

volumetric analysis

volumetric flask

VSEPR theory

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W

weak acid

weak base

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