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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. Depositing a thin layer of metallic element on the surface of another metal by electrolysis
Electroplating
Dissociation (ionic)
Beta particles
Coordinate covalence
2. In metallurgy: a substance that helps to melt and remove the solid impurities as slag
Flux
Actinide series
Fission
Fixation of nitrogen
3. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the atmospheric pressure
Colligative propery
Exothermic
Electrolytic cell
Boiling point
4. A temperature scale divided into 100 equal divisions and based on water freezing at 0 degress and boiling at 100 degrees
Celsius scale
erg
Density
Equation
5. The smallest amount of fissionable material that will sustain a chain reaction
Chemical property
Critical mass
Aromatic compound
Alloy
6. A compound such as CH3NH2 - derived from ammonia by substituting one or more hydro-carbon radicals for hydrogen atoms
Barometer
Deliquesence
Covalent bonding
Amine
7. 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
Chain reaction
Beta particles
Emulsifying agent
Ductile
8. Substance that takes water from another substance
Dehydrating agent
Electrolyte
Alloy
Breeder reactor
9. The rapid escape of excess gas that has been dissolved into a liquid
Effervescence
Flux
Brownian movement
Binary
10. The point in a reversible reaction at which the forward reaction is occurring at the same rate as the opposing reaction
Equilibrium
Allotropic forms
Anion
chemistry
11. 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
Ester
Acid
Endothermic
Alkaline
12. An ion that has a positive charge
Cation
Electrolysis
Absorption
Breeder reactor
13. Shorthand method of showing the changes that take place in a chemical reaction
Flux
Binary
Equation
Anhydride
14. A liquid that will conduct and electric current
Electrolytic cell
Electrolyte
Dipole-dipole attraction
Antichlor
15. The flow of a gas through a small aperture
Effusion
Deuterium
Crystallization
Atomic radius
16. Isotope of hydrogen - sometimes called heavy hydrogen - with an atomic weight of 2
Electroplating
Basic anhydride
Atom
Deuterium
17. A terminal of an electrolytic cell
Electron volt
Dehydrate
Activated Charcoal
Electrode
18. Referring to a hydroxide that may have either acidic or basic properties - depending on the substance with which it reacts
Amphoteric
Electrolyte
Brownian movement
Cathode rays
19. A bond between atoms involving two electron pairs - unsaturated
Bonding
Amino acid
Double bond
Aromatic compound
20. The series of radioactive elements starting with actinium - No. 89 - and ending with lawrencium - No. 103
Dissociation (ionic)
Acid salt
Actinide series
Alloy
21. Streams of electrons given off by the cathode of a vacuum tube
Cathode rays
Binary
Boiling point
Alcohol
22. The breaking down of a compound into two or more simpler substances
Destructive distillation
Analysis
Dehydrate
Displacement
23. A chemical action in which both heat and light are given off
Beta particles
Combustion
Fahrenheit scale
Empirical formula
24. Unit of energy done by 1 dyne (1/980 g of force) acting through a distance of 1 cm; 2.4 x 10 (-11) kcal
erg
Deliquesence
Destructive distillation
Aldehyde
25. Continuous zigzagging movement of colloidal particles in a dispersing medium - as viewed through and ultramicroscope
Amino acid
Compound
Amphoteric
Brownian movement
26. Temperature scale that has 32 as freezing point and 212 as boiling point
Fahrenheit scale
Brownian movement
Double displacement
Binary
27. A metallic oxide that forms a base when placed in water
Atomic mass
Electrolyte
Dry ice
Basic anhydride
28. High=speed - negatively charged electrons emitted in radiations
Beta particles
Amine
Empirical formula
Chemical property
29. Covalence in which both electrons in a pair come from the same atom
Einstein equation
Barometer
Anhydrous
Coordinate covalence
30. A reaction in which two chemical substances exchange ions with the formation of two new compounds
Electrode potential
Alkyl
Double displacement
Acidic anhydride
31. A change by which an element takes the place of another element in a compound
Deliquesence
Displacement
Base
Empirical formula
32. Substance that - when added to a solution - makes changing the pH of the solution more difficule
Amphoteric
Density
Buffer
Aldehyde
33. The use of radioactive carbon-14 to estimate the ages of ancient materials - such as archaeological or paleontological specimens
Carbon dating
Exothermic
Breeder reactor
Condensation
34. The electrode in an electrolytic cell that is negatively charged and attracts positive ions
Dialysis
Colloids
Cathode
Basic anhydride
35. An organic hydroxyl compound formed by relacing one or more hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon with equal number of hydroxyl (OH) groups
Cathode rays
Alcohol
Alkyl
erg
36. The number of molecules in 1 gram-molecular volume of a substance - or the number of atoms in 1 gram-atomic mass of an element 6.02 x 10(-27)
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37. Determines how a substance will behave in a chemical reaction
Breeder reactor
Chemical property
Fission
Brownian movement
38. Capable of being drawn into a thing wire
Ductile
Ether
Condensation
Carbon dating
39. A compound whose basic structure contains the benzene ring; it usually has an odor
Critical temperature
Brownian movement
Aromatic compound
Electrolysis
40. The adhesion (in an extremely thing layer) of the molecules of gases - of dissolved substances - or of liquieds to the surfaces of solid or liquid bodies with which they come into contact
adsorbtion
Ductile
Endothermic
Dialysis
41. A chance that alters the atomic structures of the substances involved and results in different properties
Amino acid
Destructive distillation
Chemical change
Control rod
42. Capacity to do work
Fixation of nitrogen
Dialysis
Calorie
Energy
43. Organic compound containing the -O- group
Enthalpy
Buffer
Actinide series
Ether
44. Chemical reaction between an alcohol and an acid - in which an ester is formed
Cathode
Esterification
Anhydride
Density
45. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Cathode rays
Anion
Alcohol
Equation
46. 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
Base
Emulsifying agent
Chemical change
Double displacement
47. A salt formed by replacing part of the hydrogen ions of a dibasic or tribasic acid with metallic ions - Examples: NaHSO4 - NaH2PO4
Calorimeter
Acid salt
Bond energy
Anion
48. Negatively charged particle - Mass is 9.109x10(-28)
Esterification
Absolute temperature
Electron
Deliquesence
49. Referring to any substance that has basic properties
eudiometer
Electrode
Alkaline
Compound
50. The numerical expression of the relative strength with which the atoms of an element attract valence electrons to themselves; the higher the number - the greater the attraction
Critical temperature
Electronegativity
Flux
Amorphous