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Unit 1 Section C Vocabulary
Investigating the Cause of the Fish Kill
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Chemistry
10th Grade
07/19/2012

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saturated solution
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a solution in which the solvent has dissolved as much solute as it can retain stably at a specified temperature
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solubility
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the quantity of a substance that will dissolve in a given quantity of solvent to form a saturated solution at a particular temperature
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solubility curve
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a graph indicating the solubility of a particular solute at different temperatures
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unsaturated solution
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a solution containing a lower concentration of solute than a saturated solution contains at a specified temperature
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supersaturated solution
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a solution containing a higher concentration of solute than a saturated solution at a specified temperature
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polar molecule
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a molecule with regions of partial positive and negative charge resulting from the uneven distribution of electrical charge
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solution concentration
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the quantity of solute dissolved a a specific quantity of solvent or solution
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percent composition
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the percent by mass of each component in a material; or, specifically, the percent by mass of each element within a compound
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parts per million (ppm)
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an expression of concentration; the number of units of solute found in one million units of solution
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parts per billion (ppb)
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an expression of concentration; the number of units of solute found in one billion units of solution
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heavy-metal ions
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ions of heavy metals; these tend to be harmful to living matter
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Green Chemistry
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the design of chemical products and processes that require fewer resources and less energy and that reduces or eliminates reliance on and generation of hazardous substances
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pH
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an expression of the acidic or basic character of a solution; at 25 °C, solutions with pH values lower than 7 are acidic, solutions above 7 are basic, and neutral solutions equal 7; pH is based on a solution's hydrogen ion (H+ or H3O+) concentration
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alkaline
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a basic solution containing an excess of hydroxide ions (OH-)
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acids
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ions or compounds that produce hydrogen ions, H+ (or hydronium ions, H3O+), when dissolved in water
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bases
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ions or compounds that produce OH- ions when dissolved in water
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molecular substances
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a substance composed of molecules, such as H2O and CH4
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electronegativity
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an expression of the tendency of an atom to attract shared electrons within a chemical bond
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