Chemistry Vocabulary



This is a list of important chemistry vocabulary terms and their definitions. A more comprehensive list of chemistry terms can be found in my alphabetical chemistry glossary. You can use this vocabulary list to look up terms or you can make flashcards from the definitions to help learn them.
  1. acid - There are several ways to define an acid, but they include any chemical that gives off protons or H+ in water. Acids have a pH less than 7. They turn the pH indicator phenolphthalein colorless and turn litmus paper red.
  2. aldehyde - An aldehyde is any organic molecule that has a -COH group.

  3. base - A base is a compound that produces OH- ions or electrons in water or that accepts protons. An example of a common base is sodium hydroxide, NaOH.
  4. beta particle - A beta particle is an electron, although the term is used when the electron is emitted in radioactive decay.
  5. buffer - A liquid that resists change in pH when an acid or base is added. A buffer consists of a weak acid and its conjugate base. An example of a buffer is acetic acid and sodium acetate.
  6. calorimetry - Calorimetry is the study of heat flow. Calorimetry may be used to find the heat of reaction of two compounds or the heat of combustion of a compound, for example.
  7. catalyst - A catalyst is a substance that lowers the activation energy of a reaction or speeds it up without being consumed by the reaction.
  8. Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts for biochemical reactions.
  9. cathode - A cathode is the electrode which gains electrons or is reduced. In other words, it is where reduction occurs in an electrochemical cell.
  10. chemical equation - A chemical equation is a description of a chemical reaction, including what reacts, what is produced, and which direction(s) the reaction proceeds.
  11. chemical property - A chemical property is a property that can only be observed when a chemical change occurs. Flammability is an example of a chemical property, since you can't measure how flammable a substance is without igniting it (making/breaking chemical bonds).
  12. covalent bond - A covalent bond is a chemical bond formed when two atoms share two electrons.
  13. crystal - A crystal is an ordered, repeating three-dimensional pattern of ions, atoms, or molecules. Most crystals are ionic solids, although other forms of crystals exist.
  14. diffusion - Diffusion is the movement of particles from an area of higher concentration to one of lower concentration.
  15. dilution - Dilution is when a solvent is added to a solution, making it less concentrated.
  16. effusion - Effusion is when a gas moves through an opening into a low-pressure container (e.g., is drawn by a vacuum). Effusion occurs more quickly than diffusion because additional molecules aren't in the way.
  17. electrolysis - Electrolysis is using electricity to break the bonds in a compound to break it apart.
  18. electrolyte - An electrolyte is an ionic compound that dissolves in water to produce ions, which can conduct electricity. Strong electrolytes completely dissociate in water, while weak electrolytes only partially dissociate or break apart in water.
  19. endpoint - The endpoint is when a titration is stopped, typically because an indicator has changed color. The endpoint need not be the same as the equivalence point of a titration.
  20. energy level - An energy level is a possible value of energy that an electron can have in an atom.
  21. enthalpy - Enthalpy is a measure of the amount of energy in a system.
  22. excess reagent - Excess reagent is what you get when there is leftover reagent in a chemical reaction.
  23. exothermic - Exothermic describes a process that gives off heat.
  24. family - A family is a group of elements sharing similar properties. It is not necessarily the same thing as an element group. For example, the chalcogens or oxygen family consists of some different elements from the nonmetal group.
  25. Kelvin - Kelvin is a unit of temperature. A Kelvin is equal in size to a degree Celsius, although Kelvin starts from absolute zero. Add 273.15 to a Celsius temperature to get the Kelvin value. Kelvin is not reported with a ° symbol. For example, you would simply write 300K not 300°K.
  26. ligand - A ligand is a molecule or ion stuck to the central atom in a complex. Examples of common ligands include water, carbon monoxide, and ammonia.
  27. mass - Mass is the amount of matter in a substance. It is commonly reported in units of grams.
  28. mole - Avogadro's number (6.02 x 1023) of anything.
  29. oxidation number The oxidation number is the apparent charge on an atom. For example, the oxidation number of an oxygen atom is -2.
  30. product - A product is something made as a result of a chemical reaction.
  31. quantum theory - Quantum theory is the description of energy levels and the predictions about the behavior of atoms at specific energy levels.
  32. redox reaction - A redox reaction is a chemical reaction that involves oxidation and reduction.
  33. salt - An ionic compound formed from reacting an acid and a base.
  34. solute - The solute is the substance that gets dissolved in a solvent. Usually, it refers to a solid that is dissolved in a liquid. If you are mixing two liquids, the solvent is the one that is present in a smaller amount.
  35. system - A system includes everything you are evaluating in a situation.
  36. temperature - Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles.
  37. titration - Titration is a procedure in which the concentration of an acid or base is determined by measuring how much base or acid is required to neutralize it.
  38. unshared electron pair - An unshared electron pair or lone pair refers to two electrons that aren't participating in chemical bonding.
  39. valence electron - The valence electrons are the atom's outermost electrons.

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  1. Balasan
    1. An acidic buffer solution is simply one which has a pH less than 7. Acidic buffer solutions are commonly made from a weak acid and one of its salts - often a sodium salt.

      A common example would be a mixture of ethanoic acid and sodium ethanoate in solution. In this case, if the solution contained equal molar concentrations of both the acid and the salt, it would have a pH of 4.76. It wouldn't matter what the concentrations were, as long as they were the same.

      You can change the pH of the buffer solution by changing the ratio of acid to salt, or by choosing a different acid and one of its salts.
      Examples is CH3COOH

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  2. explain me about oxydation number

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    1. Chemists use oxidation numbers (or oxidation states) to keep track of how many electrons an atom has. Oxidation numbers don’t always correspond to real charges on molecules, and we can calculate oxidation numbers for atoms that are involved in covalent (as well as ionic) bonding.

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  3. Balasan
    1. In coordination chemistry, a ligand[help 1] is an ion or molecule (functional group) that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex. The bonding with the metal generally involves formal donation of one or more of the ligand's electron pairs. The nature of metal–ligand bonding can range from covalent to ionic. Furthermore, the metal–ligand bond order can range from one to three. Ligands are viewed as Lewis bases, although rare cases are known to involve Lewis acidic "ligand".
      Metals and metalloids are bound to ligands in virtually all circumstances, although gaseous "naked" metal ions can be generated in high vacuum. Ligands in a complex dictate the reactivity of the central atom, including ligand substitution rates, the reactivity of the ligands themselves, and redox. Ligand selection is a critical consideration in many practical areas, including bioinorganic and medicinal chemistry, homogeneous catalysis, and environmental chemistry.
      Ligands are classified in many ways, including: charge, size (bulk), the identity of the coordinating atom(s), and the number of electrons donated to the metal (denticity or hapticity). The size of a ligand is indicated by its cone angle.

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  4. what is the different of Covalent and ion Bond

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    1. Covalent bonds have a definite and predictable shape and have low melting and boiling points. They can be easily broken into its primary structure as the atoms are close by to share the electrons. These are mostly gaseous and even a slight negative or positive charge at opposite ends of a covalent bond gives them molecular polarity.

      Ionic bonds normally form crystalline atoms and have higher melting points and boiling points compared to covalent compounds. These conduct electricity in molten or solution state and they are extremely polar bonds. Most of them are soluble in water but insoluble in non-polar solvents. They require much more energy than covalent bond to break the bond between them.

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  5. please give me examples of kovalent bond ? and then how much bond in covalent bond?

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    1. A covalent bond, also called a molecular bond, is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. These electron pairs are known as shared pairs or bonding pairs, and the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms, when they share electrons, is known as covalent bonding.] For many molecules, the sharing of electrons allows each atom to attain the equivalent of a full outer shell, corresponding to a stable electronic configuration.
      Covalent bonding includes many kinds of interactions, including σ-bonding, π-bonding, metal-to-metal bonding, agostic interactions, bent bonds, and three-center two-electron bonds.[2][3] The term covalent bond dates from 1939. The prefix co- means jointly, associated in action, partnered to a lesser degree, etc.; thus a "co-valent bond", in essence, means that the atoms share "valence", such as is discussed in valence bond theory.
      In the molecule H
      2, the hydrogen atoms share the two electrons via covalent bonding. Covalency is greatest between atoms of similar electronegativities. Thus, covalent bonding does not necessarily require that the two atoms be of the same elements, only that they be of comparable electronegativity. Covalent bonding that entails sharing of electrons over more than two atoms is said to be delocalized.

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  6. Give me a catalyst example?

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    1. Hydrogen peroxide will decompose into water and oxygen gas. Two molecules of hydrogen peroxide will produce two molecules of water and one molecule of oxygen. A catalyst of potassium permanganate can be used to speed up this process. Adding potassium permanganate to the hydrogen peroxide will cause a reaction that produces a lot of heat, and water vapor will shoot out.
      The catalytic converter in a car contains platinum, which serves as a catalyst to change carbon monoxide, which is toxic, into carbon dioxide.
      If you light a match in a room with hydrogen gas and oxygen gas, there will be an explosion and most of the hydrogen and oxygen will combine to create water molecules.

      Read more at http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-catalysts.html#If6ZJ62oB3jK4aAA.99

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  7. please explain more about ligand

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    1. a ligand is an ion or molecule (functional group) that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex. The bonding with the metal generally involves formal donation of one or more of the ligand's electron pairs. The nature of metal–ligand bonding can range from covalent to ionic. Furthermore, the metal–ligand bond order can range from one to three. Ligands are viewed as Lewis bases, although rare cases are known to involve Lewis acidic "ligand".

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  8. can you give me example of "endpoint" in one sentences?

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    1. The endpoint is when a titration is stopped, typically because an indicator has changed color. The endpoint need not be the same as the equivalence point of a titration.

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  9. Can give example for chemical equation?

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  10. What is the functions of phenolphthalein?

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    1. Indicator
      Phenolphthalein's common use is as an indicator in acid-base titrations. It also serves as a component of universal indicator, together with methyl red, bromothymol blue, and thymol blue.

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