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Technology
Definition
applied science
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Research
Definition
basic science
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Poison
Definition
inorganic chemical substance taht can cause illness or death
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Toxin
Definition
organic chemical substance taht can cause illness or death
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LD50
Definition
Lethal Dose or amount of substance that can kill halff the population in a week
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GRAS
Definition
generally recongnized as safe
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Grecian view
Definition
earth, fire, air and water
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Democraties
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believed that matter could not be continually subdivided
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Time line of Alchemy
Definition
100Bc-1600AD
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Alchemist .
Definition
believed matter could be changed from one form to another
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Alchemist goals
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metal-gold, philosophers stone, elixir of life
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Corpuscular theory
Definition
atoms were the basic form of matter
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Robert Boyle
Definition
wrote “the sceptical chemist”
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Scientific method
Definition
general process involving experimentation and explanation of facts
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Sigfigs
Definition
digits that express info that is reasonably reliable/#’s taken from measurements
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Accuracy
Definition
concept, that involves the closeness of msurmnts to an actual dimension
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Precision
Definition
a concept relating to the refinement or detail of a measurement
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Exact numbers
Definition
numbers with no uncertain digits
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Density
Definition
mass per unit volume of a substance or object
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Density equation
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D=M/V
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Specific gravity
Definition
the ration of the mass of any substance to the mass of an equal volume of water at the same condition.
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Temp
Definition
measure of hot/cold matter
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Heat
Definition
a measure of the kinetic energy of moving particles. It measures the quantity of energy not the intensity.
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Calorie
Definition
amount of heat required to reaise the temp of 1g of water 1degree
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Specific heat
Definition
the amount of heat required to raise the temp of 1g of any substance 1degree C
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Mass
Definition
measure of quantity of matter
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Weight
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measure of force of gravity acting upon a particular mass
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Nuclear fusion
Definition
energy of stars
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Solid
Definition
definite shape and volume
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Sublimation
Definition
conversion directly from solid to gas state
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Liquid
Definition
definite volume indefinite shape
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Viscosity
Definition
measure of the resistance of liquid to flow
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Miscibility
Definition
ability of liquids to mix with one another to form a solution
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Gas
Definition
no definite shape or volume
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Diffusion
Definition
spontaneous mixing of gases at constant temp
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Compression
Definition
ability to reduce volume in the presence of increased pressure
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Plasma
Definition
composed of IONS
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Extensive matter
Definition
property relating to the amount of matter present
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Intensive
Definition
property relating to the particular form of matter present
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Physical property
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char. Of matter that identifies a substance w/p a change in chemical composition
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Chemical char.
Definition
Matter relating to how a substance changes in compo. Or interacts with other substances.
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Chemical change
Definition
a change that alters the chemical composition of a substance
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Physical change
Definition
indicates a chemical change is taking place: flame, heat/light, gas, precipitate, color/odor.
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Law of conservation of mass
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mass can neither be destroyed or created
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Pure substance
Definition
matter that has a defined and fixed composition
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Elements
Definition
pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances with different properties by physical or chemical means
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Atom
Definition
smallest part of element that still contains property
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Compound
Definition
pure substance up of 2 or more elements chemically combined in a definite proportion by mass
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Laws of definite composition
Definition
every compound is composed of elements in a certain fixed proportion of mass
Mixture combinations of two or more substance that can be separated by physical means
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Homogenous mixture
Definition
uniform blend of two or more substances whose proportions can be varied
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Heterogeneous
Definition
non-uniform blend of two or more substances
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Energy
Definition
capacity to do work or transfer heat
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Potential energy
Definition
energy an object possesses due to its position of a chemical composition
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Kinetic energy
Definition
energy an object possesses due to its motion
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Exothermic reaction
Definition
chemical reaction that releases energy
Endothermic reaction must absorb energy to proceed
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Law of conservation of energy
Definition
in any chemical or physical change in energy is neither created or destroyed it’s simply converted from one to another
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Law of conservation of M&E
Definition
the sum of all the mass and energy in the universe is constant
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most abundent element in the universe
Definition
hydrogen
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Char. of metals
Definition
luster, conducts heat and electr., malleable, ducile, react w/ non metals but no with metals, can be hard and soft and those on the left side of the periodic table tend to be more reactive then those on the right.
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char. of non metals
Definition
no luster, not malleable or ductile, poor conductors of heat and electricity, react w/ metals and non metals, most are soft or gas.
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The diatomic elements
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H, O, N, F, Cl, Cr and I
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Mealloids
Definition
has char. of metals and non metals (7)
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Most elements are solids at...
Definition
room temp
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elements that ar liquids at room temp...
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Hg and Br2
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Allotrope
Definition
different forms of an element in the same physical state
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example of allotrope
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carbon
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Democritus
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1st to theorize about atoms
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Sennent
Definition
adavanced the cornpuscular theory
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Boyle
Definition
advanced the idea of experimintation
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Stahl
Definition
use philogsitin theory to explain cumbustion
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scheele and priestly
Definition
discovered oxygen
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Cavendish
Definition
developed a method for making precise quantitative measurements
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Electrolysis
Definition
the decomposation of a substance by an electrc current
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Lavosier
Definition
disproved the philogsitin theory and used oxygen to explain combustion
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During a chemical Rxn, the total mass remaining is_______. Who theorized this?
Definition
constant and Lavoiser
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each substance will require a certain amount of ____ to react with. Who theorized this?
Definition
02 and Lavoiser
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law of conservation of mass was discovered by who?
Definition
Lavoiser
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Further investigations, of Lavoisers experiments, by J. proust lead to the law of
Definition
Definite composition
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Dalton
Definition
proposed theory of the atom based on all work done prior to 1800
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Dalton had how many atomic theories?
Definition
seven
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Daltns Law of Multiple proportions example
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CO2 and CO
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unlike charges _____ like charges ____
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attract, repel
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Crookes
Definition
developed the first cathode ray tube
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Goldstien
Definition
discovered canal rays using the Catho ray tube
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Wien
Definition
discovered canal ray mass Varied with gas used int the catho ray tube
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Thompson
Definition
developed the ration of an electron to its mass
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Millikan
Definition
measured the charge and mass of an indiv. electron.
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Ruentgen
Definition
discobered the xraly using the CRT eminates from the anode
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Becquerel and Curie
Definition
discovered Natural Radioactivity
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Rutherford epmt 1
Definition
Discovered the different tpes of radioactivity
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Rutherford
Definition
discovered the middlle of the atom and disproved thompsons plum pudding model of an atom. through the gold foil experiment
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neulcear theory of the atom
Definition
named the center-neucleous
nucleous is very small in relaion to the entire aom
most of the mass is in the neucleous
electons are located ina large space around the neucleous.
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J chadwick
Definition
proved the existance of the Neutron.
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