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Question | Answer |
Catalyst | Substance which speeds up a chemical reaction but is chemically unchanged at the end |
Hess's Law | The enthalpy change of a reaction is independent of the route taken |
Le Chatelier's Principle | If a factor affecting the equilibrium of a reversible reaction is changed, the position of equilibrium will shift in the direction which opposes that change. |
Electronegativity | The power of an atom to withdraw electron density from a covalent bond |
Enthalpy change | Change in heat content at constant pressure |
Enthalpy | A measure of the heat content of a substance |
Mean bond enthalpy | The enthalpy required to break a covalent bond, averaged over a wide range of compounds |
Standard enthalpy of combustion | Enthalpy change when 1 mole of a substance is completely burned in oxygen with all reactants and products in standard states under standard conditions |
Standard enthalpy of formation | Enthalpy change when 1 mole of a substance is formed from its constituent elements with all reactants and products in standard states under standard conditions. |
Relative atomic mass | (average mass of one atom)/(mass of one atom of 12 C) x12 |
Carbon neutral | No net carbon (dioxide) emissions to atmosphere |
Hydration | The addition of water to a molecule/compound. |
Structural isomerism | Compounds which have the same molecular formula but different structural formulae |
Free radical | Atom or molecule with an unpaired electron |
Reducing agent | A species that donates electrons |
Ore | A rock containing enough metal for extraction to be profitable |
Oxidising agent | A species that gains electrons in a redox reaction |
Reduction | Gain of electrons |
Oxidation | Loss of electrons |
Disproportionation | A redox reaction where some atoms of an element are oxidised and some atoms of the same element are reduced. |
Empirical formula | The simplest ratio of the number of atoms of each element in a compound |
Molecular formula | The number of atoms of each element in a molecule |
First ionisation energy | Energy needed to remove one mole of electrons from one mole of atoms in the gaseous state to form one mole of ions with a +1 charge |
Atomic number | The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom |
Mass number | Number of protons + number of neutrons |
Rate of reaction | Change in concentration of a substance / reactant / product per unit time |
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