Question | Answer |
Solutions that have a pH below 7.0, and turn litmus paper from blue to red. | Acids |
Solutions that have a pH above 7.0, and turn litmus paper from red to blue. | Alkalis |
Substances used to neutralize acids or raise the pH of many hair products | Alkanolamines |
Colorless gas with a pungent odor. Composed of hydrogen and nitrogen. | Ammonia |
An ion with a negative electrical charge. | Anion |
Smallest particle of an element that still retains the properties of that element. | Atom |
An ion with a positvie charge. | Cation |
Change in the chemical and physical properties of a substance due to a chemical reaction that creates a new substnace or substances. | Chemical Change |
Characteristics that can only be determined by a chemical reation and a chemical change in the substance. | Chemical Properties |
Science that deals with the composition, structures, and properties of matter, and how matter changes under various conditions. | Chemistry |
Rapid oxidation of substance. accompanied by the production of heat and light. | Combustion |
Combinations of two or more atoms of different elements chemically joined together | Compounds |
The simplest form of matter, it cannot be broken down into a simpler substance without a loss of identity | Element |
A chemical combination of stoms of the same element | Elemental Molecules |
An unstable mixture of two or more immiscible substances united with the aid of an emulsifier | Emuslion |
Chemical reactions that produce heat. | Exothermic |
Sweet colorless, oily substance used as a solvent and moisturizer in skin and body creams. | Glycerin |
Water loving. | Hydrophilic |
Not capable of being mixed. | Immiscible |
Study of substances that do not contain carbon. | Inorganic Chemistry |
An atom or molecule that carries an electrical charge. | Ion |
Seperation of an atom or molecule into positive and negative ions. | Ionization |
Oil loving. | Lipophilic |
Multiples of ten. | Logarithm |
Any substance that occupies space and has mass. | Matter |
Capable of being mixed with another liquid in any proportion without seperating. | Miscible |
A chemical combination of two or more atoms. | Molecule |
Oil droplets emulsified in water. | Oil-in-Water (o/w) Emuslion |
Study of substances that contain carbon. | Organic Chemistry |
A chemical reaction that combines a substance with oxygen to prduce an oxide. | Oxidation |
Substance that releases oxygen. | Oxidizing Agent |
Measures the acidity and alkalinity of a substance. | pH Scale |
Change in the form or physical properties of a substaance without the formation of a new substance. | Physical Change |
Physical combination of matter, in any proportion. | Physical Mixture |
Charecteristics that can be determined without a chemical reaction and that do not cause a chemical reaction in the substance. | Physical Properties |
Chemical combination of matter in definite proportions. | Pure Substance |
Contraction for reduction-oxidation; chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is reduced and the reducing agent is oxidized. | Redox |
To substract oxygen from or add hydrogen to a substance. | Reduced |
Special type of oil used in hair conditioner and as water resistant lubricants for the skin. | Silicones |
Substance that is dissolved in a solution. | Solute |
Stable mixture of two or more mixable substances. | Solution |
Substance that dissolves the solute to form a solution. | Solvent |
Surface active agents; substances that act as bridge to allow oil and water to mix, or emulsify. | Surfactants |
Unstable mixture of undissolved particles in a liquid. | Suspension |
Easily evaporating. | Volatile |
Substances containing carbon that evaporate quickly and easy. | Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) |
Water droplets emulsified in oil. | Water-in-oil (w/o) emulsion |
the chemical reaction of of subtracting oxygen from, or adding hydrogen to, a substance | Reduction |