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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. The smallest amount of fissionable material that will sustain a chain reaction
Filteration
Critical mass
Calorimeter
Activation energy
2. The highest temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air
Exothermic
Critical temperature
Dew point
Anhydride
3. High=speed - negatively charged electrons emitted in radiations
Beta particles
Electrolytic cell
Element
Chemical change
4. A substance composed of elements chemically united in definite proportions by weight
Decomposition
Aromatic compound
Compound
Alcohol
5. Continuous zigzagging movement of colloidal particles in a dispersing medium - as viewed through and ultramicroscope
Brownian movement
Absorption
Alloy
Dehydrate
6. A compound derived from another compound by the removal of water; it will combine with water to form an acid (acidic anhydride) or base (basic anhydride)
Anhydride
Amphoteric
Avagadro's number
Electrode potential
7. Separation of the ions of an ionic compound due to the action of a solvent
Acid salt
Dissociation (ionic)
Atomic number
Flux
8. Determines how a substance will behave in a chemical reaction
Destructive distillation
Chemical property
Double bond
Cyclotron
9. Positively charged helium nuclei
Analysis
Alpha particles
Deuterium
Entropy
10. A water wolution that contains an excess of hydroxide ions; a proton acceptor; a base turns litmus paper blue and neutralizes acids to form salts
Dew point
Fission
Crystalline
Base
11. One of the building blacks matter is composed of - only one type of atom; cannot be further decomposed
Electronegativity
Element
adsorbtion
Basic anhydride
12. The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element and can enter into a chemical reaction
Electrode potential
Atom
Chemical change
Crystalline
13. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Atom
Amphoteric
Anion
Electrode potential
14. A reaction in which two chemical substances exchange ions with the formation of two new compounds
Atmosphere
Atom
Atomic mass
Double displacement
15. Organic compound formed by dehydrating oxidized alcohol; contains the characteristic - CHO group
Ductile
Atomic number
Denatured alcohol
Aldehyde
16. A water solution that has an excess of hydrogen ions; an acid turns litmus paper pink or red - has a sour taste - and neutralizes bases to form salts
Acid
Flux
Alkali
Acid salt
17. Colloidal substance that forms a film about the particles of two immiscible liquids so that one remains suspended in the other
Brownian movement
Base
Emulsifying agent
Compound
18. Solid carbon dioxide
Amorphous
Dry ice
Colligative propery
Amino acid
19. A unit of heat; the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree on the celcius scale
Calorie
Colloids
Exothermic
Buffer
20. A chance that alters the atomic structures of the substances involved and results in different properties
Electron
Chemical change
Element
Fission
21. The process of taking up by capillary - osmotic - chemical - or solvent action - as a sponge absorbs water
Displacement
Absolute temperature
Ester
Absorption
22. The process of separating the ions in a compound by means of electrically charged poles
Anhydrous
Electrolysis
Cathode
Equilibrium
23. The series of radioactive elements starting with actinium - No. 89 - and ending with lawrencium - No. 103
Bonding
Actinide series
Denatured alcohol
Electrolyte
24. Forms of the same element that differ in their crystalline structures
Boiling point
Dehydrating agent
Anhydrous
Allotropic forms
25. Graduated glass tube into which gases are placed and subjected to an electric spark; measures the individual volumes of combining gases
Aldehyde
Alkali
eudiometer
Electrode potential
26. A compound whose basic structure contains the benzene ring; it usually has an odor
Chemical change
Emulsifying agent
Actinide series
Aromatic compound
27. A change by which an element takes the place of another element in a compound
Barometer
Cation
Displacement
Entropy
28. A substituent obtained from a saturated hydrocarbon by removing one hydrogen atom -Examples: methyl(CH3) ethyl(C2H5)
Deliquesence
Dialysis
Esterification
Alkyl
29. Chemical reaction that results in an absorption of heat
Endothermic
Compound
Electron volt
Calorie
30. A property of a solution that depends primarily on the concentration - not the type of particles present
Analysis
Atomic mass
Colligative propery
Chemical change
31. The process by which suspended matter is removed from a liquid by passing the liquid through a porous material
Anion
Double bond
Cyclotron
Filteration
32. An instrument used to measure the amount of heat liberated or absorbed during a change
Calorimeter
Amphoteric
Effervescence
Atom
33. Absorbtion by a substance of water from the air - so that the substance becomes wet
Ductile
Calorie
Efflorescence
Deliquesence
34. A reaction produced during nuclear fission when at least one neutron from each fission produces another fission - so that the process becomes self sustaining without additional external energy
Amorphous
Atom
Dew point
Chain reaction
35. E=mc2 - relates mass to energy
Einstein equation
Basic anhydride
Amorphous
Electrolyte
36. A nonmetallic oxide that - when placed in water - reacts to form an an acid solution
Dialysis
Einstein equation
Acidic anhydride
Absolute temperature
37. The union of atoms to form compounds or molecules by filling their outer shells of electonrs. This can be done through giving and taking electrons (ionic) or by sharing electrons
Crystallization
Bonding
Cathode rays
Double displacement
38. Ethyl alcohol that has been poisoned in order to produce a cheaper alcohol for industrial purposes
Fahrenheit scale
Alpha particles
Denatured alcohol
Colloids
39. Process for converting atmospheric nitrogen into compounds
Electrolyte
Einstein equation
Fixation of nitrogen
Alloy
40. Substance that takes water from another substance
Dehydrating agent
Carbon dating
Acid
Colloids
41. In metallurgy: a substance that helps to melt and remove the solid impurities as slag
Chain reaction
Allotropic forms
Flux
Coordinate covalence
42. The minimum energy necessary to start a reaction
Activation energy
Endothermic
Aldehyde
Colloids
43. A substance composed of two or more metals - which are intimately mixed; usually made by melting the metals together
Diffusion
Amphoteric
Alloy
Catalyst
44. Isotope of hydrogen - sometimes called heavy hydrogen - with an atomic weight of 2
Allotropic forms
Brownian movement
Deuterium
Electrode potential
45. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the atmospheric pressure
Boiling point
Decomposition
erg
Brownian movement
46. Nuclear reaction that releases energy because of the splitting of large nuclei into smaller ones
Exothermic
Dehydrate
Fission
Amphoteric
47. A compound such as CH3NH2 - derived from ammonia by substituting one or more hydro-carbon radicals for hydrogen atoms
Amine
Alloy
Beta particles
Electron volt
48. An ion that has a positive charge
Esterification
Coordinate covalence
Deuterium
Cation
49. The difference in potential between an electrode and the solution in which it is immpesed
Calorie
Absolute temperature
Electrode potential
Dialysis
50. Particles larger than those found in a solution but smaller than those in a suspension
Einstein equation
Colloids
adsorbtion
Dry ice