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Second semester exam vocab

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Kinetic-molecular theory   Based in the idea that particles of matter are always in motion  
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Ideal gas   A hypothetical gas that perfectly fits all the assumptions of the kinetic-molecular theory.  
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Elastic collision   One in which there is no net loss of total kinetic energy  
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Diffusion   Spontaneous mixing of the particles of two substances caused by their random motion  
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Effusion   A process by which gas particles pass through a tiny opening  
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Real gas   A gas that does not behave completely according to the assumptions of the kinetic-molecular theory  
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Fluid   A substance that can flow and therefore take the shape of it's container  
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Surface tension   A force that tends to pull adjacent parts of a liquids surface together, thereby decreasing surface tension  
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Capillary action   The attraction of the surface of a liquid to the surface of a solid  
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Vaporization   The process by which a liquid or solid changes to a gas  
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Evaporation   The process by which particles escape from the surface of a non boiling liquid and enter the gas state  
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Freezing   The physical change of a liquid to a solid by removal of energy as heat  
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Crystalline solids   They consist of crystals  
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Crystal   A substance in which the particles are arranged in an orderly, geometric, repeating pattern  
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Amorphous solid   One in which the particles are arranged randomly  
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Melting   The physical change of a solid to a liquid by the addition of energy as heat  
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Melting point   The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid  
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Supercooled liquids   Substances that retain certain liquid properties even at temperatures at which they appear to be solid  
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Crystal structure   The total three dimensional arrangement of particles of a crystal  
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Unit cell   The smallest portion of a crystal lattice that shows the 3D pattern of the entire lattice  
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Phase   Any part of a system that has uniform composition and properties  
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Condensation   The process by which a gas changes to a liquid  
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Equilibrium   A dynamic condition in which two opposing changes occur at equal rates in a closed system  
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Equilibrium vapor   The pressure exerted by a vapor in equilibrium with it's corresponding liquid at a given temperature  
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Volatile liquids   Liquids that evaporate readily  
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Boiling   The conversion of a liquid to a vapor within the liquid as well as it's surface  
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Boiling point   The temperature at which the equilibrium vapor pressure of the liquid equals the atmospheric pressure  
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Molar enthalpy of vaporization   The amount of energy as heat that is needed to vaporize one mole of liquid at the liquid's boiling point at constant pressure  
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Freezing   The physical change of a liquid to a solid  
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Freezing point   The temperature at which the solid and liquid are in equilibrium at 1 atm pressure  
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Molar enthalpy of fusion   The amount of energy as heat required to melt one mole of solid at the solid's melting point  
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Sublimation   The change of state from a solid directly to a gas  
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Deposition   The change of state from a gas directly to a solid  
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Phase diagram   A graph of pressure versus temperature that shows the conditions under which the phases of a substance exist  
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Triple Point   The temperature and pressure conditions at which the solid, liquid, and vapor of the substance can coexist at equilibrium  
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Critical Point   The critical temperature and critical pressure  
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Critical Temperature   The temperature above which the substance cannot exist in the liquid state  
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Critical Pressure   The lowest pressure at which the substance can exist as a liquid at the critical temperature  
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Pressure   The force per unit area on a surface  
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Newton   The force that will increase the speed of a one-kilogram mass by one meter per second each second that the force is applied  
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Barometer   A device used to measure atmospheric pressure  
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Millimeters of mercury   The common unit of pressure symbolized mm Hg  
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Atmosphere of pressure   Exactly equivalent to 760 mm Hg  
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Pascal   The pressure exerted by a force of one newton acting on an area of one square meter  
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Partial Pressure   The pressure of each gas in a mixture  
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Dalton's law of partial pressure   The total pressure of a gas mixture is the sum of the partial pressure of the component gases  
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Boyle's law   Pressure and volume at a constant temperature are inversely proportional  
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Absolute zero   The temperature -273.15 C is given a value of zero in the Kelvin scale  
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Charles's law   Temperature and volume at a constant pressure are directly proportional  
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Gay-Lussac's law   Pressure and temperature at a constant volume are directly proportional  
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Combined gas law   The relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature of a fixed amount of gas  
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Avogradro's law   equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules  
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Gay-Lussac's law of combining volumes of gases   At constant temperature and pressure, the volumes of gaseous reactants and products can be expressed as ratios of small whole numbers  
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Standard molar volume of a gas   The volume occupied by one mole of a gas at STP 22.414 10 L  
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Ideal Gas Law   The mathematical relationship among pressure, volume, termperature, and the number of moles of a gas  
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Ideal gas constant   The constant R  
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Graham's law of effusion   The rates of effusion of gases at the same temperature and pressure are inversely proportional to the square roots of their molar masses  
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Soluble   Capable of being dissolved  
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Solution   A homogenous mixture of two or more substances in a single phase  
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Solvent   The solution that dissolves a substance  
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Solute   The substance dissolved in a solution  
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Suspension   When the particles in a solvent are so large that they settle out unless the mixture id constantly stirred or agitated  
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Colloids   Particles that are intermediate in size between those in solutions and suspensions form mixtures called:  
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Electrolyte   A substance that dissolves in water to give a solution that conducts eletric current  
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Nonelectrolyte   A substance that dissolves in water to give a solution that does not conduct an electric current  
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Solution Equilibrium   The physical state in which the opposing processes of dissolution and crystallization of a solute occur at equal rates  
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Saturated Solution   A solution that contains the maximum amount of dissolved solute  
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Unsaturated solution   A solution that contains less solute than a saturated solution under the existing conditions  
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Supersaturated solution   A solution that contains more dissolve solute than a saturated solution contains under the same condition  
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Solubility   The amount of that substance required to form a saturated solution with a specific amount of solvent at a specified temperature  
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Hydration   The solution process with water as the solvent  
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Immiscible   Liquids that are not soluble in each other  
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Miscible   Liquids that dissolve freely in one another in any proportion  
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Henry's law   The solubility of a gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas on the surface of the liquid  
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Effervescence   The rapid escape of a gas from a liquid in which it is dissolved  
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Solvate   A solute particle that is surrounded by solvent molecules  
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Enthalpy of solution   The net amount of evergy absorbed as heat by the solution when a specific amount of solute dissolves in a solvent  
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Concentration   A measure of the amount of solute in a given amount of solvent or solution  
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Molarity   The number of moles of solute in one liter of solution  
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Molality   The concentration of a solution expressed in moled of solute perkilogram of solvent  
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Dissociation   The separation of ions that occurs when an ionic compound dissolves  
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Net ionic equation   The compounds and ions that undergo a chemical change in a reaction in an aqueous solution  
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Spectator ions   Ions that do not take part in a chemical reaction and are found in solution both before and after the reaction  
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Ionization   When ions are formed from solute molecules by the action of the solvent  
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Hydronium ion   The H3O+ ion  
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Strong electrolyte   An aqueous solution that conducts electricity well  
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Weak electrolyte   An aqueous solution that conducts electricity poorly  
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Colligative Properties   Properties that depend on the concentration of solute particles but not on their identity  
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Nonvolatile substance   A substance that has little tendency to become a gas  
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Molal freezing point   The freezing-points of the pure solvent and a solution of a nonelectrolyte in that solvent, and is directly proportional to the molal concentration of the solution  
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Molal boiling point constant   The boiling point elevation of the solvent in a 1-molal solution of a nonvolatile, nonelectroylte solute  
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Boiling-point elevation   The difference between the boiling points of the pure solvent and a nonelectrolyte solution of that solvent  
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Semipermeable membrane   Allows the passage of some particles while blocking others  
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Osmosis   The movement of solvent through a semipermeable membrane from the side of lower solute concentration to the side of higher solute concentration  
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Osmotic pressure   The external pressure that must be applied to stop osmosis  
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Binary acid   An acid that contains only two different elements: hydrogen and one of the more electronegative elements  
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Oxyacid   An acid that is a compound of hydrogen, oxygen, and a third element usually nonmetal  
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Arrhenius acid   A water solution containing the hydronium ion (H3O+)  
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Arrhenious base   A water solution containing the hydroxide ion (OH-)  
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Strong acid   One that contains a large number of hydronium ions (H3O+)  
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Weak acid   One that contains a large number of hydroxide ions (OH-)  
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Bronstead acid   A proton donor  
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Bronstead base   A proton acceptor  
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Bonstead acid-base reaction   The process in which protons are transferred from one reactant to another  
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Monoprotic acid   An acid that can donate only one proton per molecule  
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Polyprotic acid   An acid that can donate more than one proton per molecule  
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Diprotic acid   An acid that can donate two protons per molecule  
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Triprotic acid   An acid that can donate three protons per molecule  
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Lewis acid   An electron pair acceptor  
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Lewis base   An electron pair donor  
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Lewis acid-base reaction   The formation of one ormore covalent bonds between an electron-pair donor and an electron-pair acceptor  
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Conjugate acid   What is formed when a base accepts a proton  
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Conjugate base   What is left over when an acid donates a proton  
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Amphoteric   Any substance that can react as either an acid or a base  
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Neutralization   The reaction of hydronium ions and hydroxide ions to form water molecules  
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Salt   An ionic compound composed of a cation from a base and an anion from an acid  
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Self-ionization of water   The process that occurs when two water molecules produce a hydronium ion and a hydroxide ion by transfer of a proton  
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pH   The negative of the common logarithm of the hydronium ion concentration  
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pOH   The negative common logarithm of the hydroxide ion concentration  
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Acid-base indicators   Compounds whose colors are sensitive to pH  
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Transition interval   The pH range over which an indicator changes color  
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pH meter   A device used to measure the pH of a solution  
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Titration   The controlled addition and measurement of the amount of solution of known concetration required to react completely with a measure amount of a solution of unknown concentration  
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Equivalence point   The point at which the two solution used in a titration are presen in chemically equivalent amounts  
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End point   The point in titration at which an indicator changes color  
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Standard solution   The solution that contains the precisely known concentration of a solute  
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Primary standard   A highly purified solid compound used to check the concentration of the known solution in titration  
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Thermochemistry   The study of the transfers of energy as heat that accompany chemical reactions and physical changes  
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Calorimeter   The energy absorbe or released as heat in a chemical or physical change  
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Temperature   A measure of the average kineitc energy of the particles in a sample of matter  
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Joule   The SI unit of heat as well as all other forms of energy  
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Heat   The energt transferred between samples of matter because of a difference in their temperatures  
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Specific heat   The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of a sybstance by one degree Celsius of one kelvin  
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Enthalpy change   The amount of energy absorbed by a system as heat during a process at constant pressure  
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Enthalpy of reaction   The quantity of energy transferred as heat during a chemical reaction  
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Thermochemical equation   An equation that includes the quantity of energy released or absorbed as heat during the reaction as written  
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Molar enthalpy of formation   The enthalpy change that occurs when one mole of a compound is formed from its elements in their standard state at 25 C and 1 atm  
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Enthalpy of combustion   The enthalpy change that occurs during the complete combustion of one mole of a substance  
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Hess's law   The overall enthalpy change in a reaction is equal to the sum of enthalpy changes for the individual steps in the process  
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Entropy   A measure of the degree of randomness of the particles  
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Free energy   The combined enthalpy-entropy function  
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Free-energy change   The difference between the change in ethalpy and the product of the Kelvin temperature and the entropy change  
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Reaction mechanism   The step-by-step process by which a reaction takes place  
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Intermediates   A substance that appears in some steps but not in the net equation  
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Homogenous reactoin   A reaction whose reactants and prducts exist in single phase  
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Collision theory   The set of assumptions regarding collisions and reactions  
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Acivation energy   The energy require to start/begin a reaction  
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Activated complex   A transitional structure that results from an effective collision and that persists while old bonds are breaking and new bonds are forming  
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Reaction rate   The change in concentration of reactants per unit of time  
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Chemical kinetics   The area of chemistry that is concerned with reaction rates and reaction mechanisms  
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Heterogenoud reactions   Reactions that involve reactants in two different phases  
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Catalyst   A substance that speeds up the rate of a reaction without taking place in the reaction  
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Catalysis   The action of a catalyst  
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Homogenous catalyst   A catalyst that is in the same phase as all the reactants anf products in a reaction system  
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Heterogenous catalyst   A catalyst that is in a differenc phase from that of the reactants  
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Composition Stoichiometry   The mass relationships of elements in compounds  
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Reaction Stoichiometry   The mass relationships between reactants and products in a chemical reaction  
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Mole ratio   A conversion factor that relates the amounts in moles of any two substances involved in a chemical reaction  
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Limiting reactant   The reactant that limits the amount of the other reactant that can combine and the amount of product that can form in a chemical reaction  
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Excess reactant   The substance that is not used up completely in a reaction  
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Theortical yield   The maximum amount of product that can be produced from a given amount of reactant  
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Actual yield   The measure anount of a product obtained from a reaction  
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Percentage yield   The ratio of the actual yield to the theoretical yield, multiplied by 100  
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