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Basics of Chemistry

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