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Organic Compounds
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| Compounds that have a high percentage of carbon by mass, and also include hydrogen |
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Inorganic Compounds
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| Compounds that do not contain a high percentage of carbon |
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| Substances that release H+ ions in solutions and have a pH of less than 7 |
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| Substances that release OH- ions in solution and have a pH of greater than 7 |
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| Substances that release positive and negative ions in solution that are not H+ or OH -, |
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| a solution of substances dissolved in water |
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| a measure of the relative amounts of H+ and OH- in a solution. The higher the relative number of H+ the higher the acidity |
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| a scale used to describe how acidic or basic a solution is |
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| a diagram showing the chemical symbol of the element(s) surrounded by their valence electrons |
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| an electron from one element that pairs with an electron from another element to bond the two elements together |
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Electron Dot Diagram
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| another name for a Lewis diagram |
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| when bonding, each atom has a tendency to complete its valence shell to match its nearest Noble gas. All but one Noble gas have eight valence electrons |
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Covalent Chemical Bond
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| the type of bond formed by a bonding pair of electrons |
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Lone Electron Pairs
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| A pair of electrons that are not a bonding pair and therefore do not form a chemical bond |
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Organic Chemistry
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| The chemistry of carbon compounds |
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Structural Formulas
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| a simplified Lewis diagram that shows the number of atoms in each organic molecule plus the arrangement of those atoms |
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| an organic compound that contains only hydrogen and carbon. It is the simplest of all organic compounds |
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