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Chemistry Terminology

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electricity   process of pushing electrons through a circuit  
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electrochemistry   study of spontaneous chemical reactions to produce electricity and the use of electricity to drive nonspontaneous reactions  
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electrochemical cell   device in which an electric current is either produced by a spontaneous chemical reaction or used to bring about a nonspontaneous reaction  
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electrolytic cell   an electrochemical cell where electrolysis occurs (current is used to drive nonspontaneous reaction)  
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chemical kinetics   study of rates of chemical reactions  
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rate of reaction   a positive quantity that tells us how the concentrations of a reactant or product changes with time  
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rate law   expression for reaction rate in terms of concentrations of a species at any instant  
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reaction mechanism   description of a path, or a sequence of steps, by which a reaction might occur at the molecular level  
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kinetic energy   at higher temperatures there are more molecules with high kinetic energy  
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nuclear chemistry   changes that occur with the nucleus  
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nuclear fission   fragmentation of large nuclei into smaller nuclei  
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nuclear fusion   merging of small nuclei into larger ones  
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nuclear decay   spontaneous particle break up due to cramped space of protons in an atom. The repulsion between protons overcomes the force holding the nucleus together  
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isomers   different compounds that have the same molecular formula  
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stereoisomer   atoms have same partners but arranged differently in space  
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structural isomer   atoms connected to different partners  
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ionization isomer   ligand and anion in one isomer switch positions to form other isomer  
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hydrate isomer   ionization isomer where water is one of the ligands whose position is different in different isomers  
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linkage isomer   ligands in complex have more than one atom that can bond to the central metal ion; different atoms in isomer is actually bonded to central metal ion  
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coordination isomer   both anion and cation are complexes and ligand in anionic complex in one isomer exchange with a ligand in the cationic complex  
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geometrical isomer   atoms bonded to same neighbors but with different locations relative to each other  
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optical isomer   nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other  
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chiral complex   one that is not identical iwth its mirror image  
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achiral complex   one that is superimposable on its mirror image (not optical isomers)  
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