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Exploring Creation w/ Chemistry - vocabulary (R - S)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reactants | The substances found on the left side of a chemical equation |
| Reaction rate | The rate of change of a product in a chemical reaction |
| Reduction | The process by which an atom gain electrons |
| Rods | The cells on the eye's retina that detects low levels of light |
| Rutherford model | A model that said the atom is made up of a dense, positively charged nucleus with electrons orbiting the nucleus in circles |
| Saturated solution | A solution in which the maximum amount of solute has been dissolved |
| Scientific law | A description of the natural world that has been confirmed by an enormous amount of data |
| Significant figure | A digit in a measurement that is either non-zero, a zero that is between two significant figures, or a zero at the end of the number and to the right of the decimal |
| Slug | The English unit of mass |
| Solubility | The maximum amount of solute that can dissolve in a given amount of solvent |
| Solute | The substance being dissolved in order to make a solution |
| Solution | The result of one or more solutes being dissolved in a solvent |
| Specific heat | the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by one degree Celsius |
| Spectrometer | A device that analyzes light emitted or absorbed by a substance |
| Spectroscopy | The process by which individual wavelengths of light emitted by a substance are analyzed. this process can be used to identify the elements in a substance |
| Standard enthalpy of formation | The ∆H of a formation reaction at T = 298K and P = 1.00 atm |
| Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP) | A temperature of 273K and a pressure of 1.00 amt |
| State function | Any quantity that depends solely on the final destination, not on the way you get to that destination |
| Stoichiometric coefficient | The numbers that appear to the left of the chemical formulas in a chemical equation. They represent the amount of molecules in a substance |
| Stoichiometry | The process by which the amount of one substance in a chemical reaction is related to the amount of another substance in the chemical reaction |
| Sublimation | The process by which a solid turns directly into a gas, without going through the liquid phase |
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Autumn Fairall
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