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Chemistry Chapters 13,14
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Undergraduate 2
04/11/2012

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Term
The gain of oxygen
The loss of hydrogen
The loss of electrons
Definition
Oxidation
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The loss of oxygen
The gain of hydrogen
The gain of electrons
Definition
Reduction
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common oxidizing agents
Definition
antiseptics and disinfectants
oxygen
hydrogen peroxide
benzoyl peroxide
iodine
chlorine
sodium hypochlorite
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common reducing agents
Definition
hydrogen (Haber process)
elemental carbon (coke)
Term
animals, including humans, use respiration to __________ food for energy
Definition
oxidize
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in photosynthesis, plants _____ carbon to form glucose and oxygen.
Definition
reduce
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molten carbonate full cell (MCFC)
Definition
the most promising of the designs to compete with fossil fuel electricity production. (relies on fossil fuel)
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Corrosion
Definition
like batteries, rusting is a redox process
Term
Antioxidants are ________ agents; they promote _________ and retard oxidation.
Definition
reducing/reduction
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Theories of aging include the _________ of human cells
Definition
oxidation
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Sourness in food is caused by ______, molecules that release protons.
Definition
acids
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These dissolve metals
Definition
acids
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Acids turn litmus paper.....
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red
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Bases turn litmus paper......
Definition
blue
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Manufacture of fertilizers
Definition
Sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid
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acid + base = ______ + ______
Definition
water plus salt
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Arrhenius' definitions:
-Acids produce hydrogen ions (H+) in solution
-Bases produce hydroxide ions (OH-) in solution.
These definitions to not apply to
Definition
ammonia
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acids that are completely dissociate are ____acids
Definition
strong
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a pH of 2 is very______
Definition
acidic
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Pickling
Definition
fermentation with lactic-acid-forming bacteria
Term
acetic acid in water
Definition
vinegar
Term
the most widely used of all drugs
Definition
aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid
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unpolluted rain is slightly _____ due to atmospheric carbon dioxide
Definition
acidic
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Most acidic rainfall occurs in what part of the U.S.?
Definition
northeastern
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The dissertation was not well understood at the Academy of the Sciences in Stockholm. It was only with the intervention of Pettersson and Ostwald that his ideas were received at all. Arrhenius subsequently took a teaching position at the Univesity of Uppsala. The ideas caused him so much trouble as hie defended his dissertation were the sam eones that earned him the 1903 nobel prize in chem.
Definition
best discribes Svante Arrhenius' dissertation presentation at the Academy of Sciences
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Alyea was known as a man who...
Definition
"spread joy in the lab"
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a hydrogen ion, H+, is the same as a
Definition
proton
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An acid that is not dependent upon the solvent
Definition
acids are proton donors
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Phosphoric acid is added to many popular beverage to give them a tart flavor. The formula for phosphoric acid is...
Definition
H3PO4
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Calcium hydroxide formula
Definition
Ca(OH)2
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_____ plus water produces acid
Definition
NH3
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Nitric acid is classified as a strong acid in water which means that _____% of the max number of possible hydronium ions.
Definition
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