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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. A device used to accelerate charged particles to high energies for bombarding the nuclei of atoms
Cyclotron
Binary
Deliquesence
Dialysis
2. A substance that speeds up or slows down a reaction without being permanently changed itself
Base
Electrode potential
Atom
Catalyst
3. Determines how a substance will behave in a chemical reaction
Alkali
distillation
Chemical property
Alloy
4. Process of heating an organic substance - such as coal - in the absence of air to break it down into solid and volatile products
Amorphous
Endothermic
Destructive distillation
Buffer
5. A cell in which electrolysis is carried out
Actinide series
Acid
Electrolytic cell
Anhydrous
6. The point in a reversible reaction at which the forward reaction is occurring at the same rate as the opposing reaction
Equilibrium
Alkyl
Esterification
Entropy
7. Nuclear reaction that releases energy because of the splitting of large nuclei into smaller ones
Fission
Electron volt
Boiling point
Antichlor
8. 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
Fallout
Dehydrate
Electronegativity
Electron volt
9. 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
Diffusion
Celsius scale
Emulsion
Base
10. Temperature measured on the absolute scale - which has its origin at absolute zero
Calorie
Dialysis
Actinide series
Absolute temperature
11. The electrode in an electrolytic cell that is negatively charged and attracts positive ions
Cathode
Decomposition
Bond energy
Destructive distillation
12. A. change from gas to liquid B. the combination of molecules without water
Atom
Entropy
Brownian movement
Condensation
13. A liquid that will conduct and electric current
Electrolyte
Anhydride
Electrode potential
Avagadro's number
14. A substance used to remove the excess chlorine in the bleaching process
Endothermic
Deliquesence
Antichlor
Electroplating
15. High=speed - negatively charged electrons emitted in radiations
Electrode
Antichlor
Beta particles
Acidic anhydride
16. Depositing a thin layer of metallic element on the surface of another metal by electrolysis
Calorimeter
Diffusion
Electroplating
Colloids
17. A salt formed by replacing part of the hydrogen ions of a dibasic or tribasic acid with metallic ions - Examples: NaHSO4 - NaH2PO4
Electron volt
Calorimeter
eudiometer
Acid salt
18. A compound whose basic structure contains the benzene ring; it usually has an odor
Atmosphere
Double bond
Fallout
Aromatic compound
19. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Cathode
Acid salt
Anion
Absorption
20. Bonding accomplished through the sharing of electrons so that atoms can fill their outer shells
Decomposition
Fission
Entropy
Covalent bonding
21. A relatively weak force of attraction between polar molecules; a component of van der Waals forces
Dipole-dipole attraction
Electrode potential
Flux
Dew point
22. The process of separation of a solution by diffusion through a semipermeable membrance
Calorie
Actinide series
Dialysis
Crystallization
23. Referring to a compound composed of two elements such as water
Alkyl
Binary
Destructive distillation
Amino acid
24. Continuous zigzagging movement of colloidal particles in a dispersing medium - as viewed through and ultramicroscope
Condensation
Element
Decomposition
Brownian movement
25. A reaction in which two chemical substances exchange ions with the formation of two new compounds
Dehydrate
eudiometer
Electron volt
Double displacement
26. An instrument used to measure the amount of heat liberated or absorbed during a change
Atmosphere
Enthalpy
Filteration
Calorimeter
27. Shorthand method of showing the changes that take place in a chemical reaction
Avagadro's number
Equation
Base
Entropy
28. A unit of heat; the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree on the celcius scale
Aromatic compound
Absorption
Destructive distillation
Calorie
29. Ethyl alcohol that has been poisoned in order to produce a cheaper alcohol for industrial purposes
Denatured alcohol
Colloids
Einstein equation
Fahrenheit scale
30. 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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31. Colloidal substance that forms a film about the particles of two immiscible liquids so that one remains suspended in the other
Emulsifying agent
eudiometer
Dipole-dipole attraction
erg
32. A temperature scale divided into 100 equal divisions and based on water freezing at 0 degress and boiling at 100 degrees
Electrolytic cell
Basic anhydride
Atom
Celsius scale
33. Science concerned with the compositions of substances and the changes that they undergo
Boiling point
Analysis
Denatured alcohol
chemistry
34. Temperature scale that has 32 as freezing point and 212 as boiling point
Actinide series
Dry ice
Fahrenheit scale
Cation
35. The energy needed to break a chemical bond and form a neutral atom
Effervescence
Antichlor
Combustion
Bond energy
36. A property of a solution that depends primarily on the concentration - not the type of particles present
Buffer
Colligative propery
Critical mass
Deuterium
37. Usually - a strong base - such as Sodium hydroxide - potassium hydroxide
Esterification
Alkali
Anhydrous
Anion
38. Breaking down of a compound into simpler substances or constituent elements
chemistry
Emulsifying agent
Decomposition
Diffusion
39. The use of radioactive carbon-14 to estimate the ages of ancient materials - such as archaeological or paleontological specimens
Crystallization
Carbon dating
Endothermic
Electrolytic cell
40. The highest temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air
Dew point
Filteration
Covalent bonding
Atomic number
41. Process for converting atmospheric nitrogen into compounds
Alkyl
Fixation of nitrogen
Entropy
eudiometer
42. Suspension of fine particles or droplets of one liquid in another - the two liquids being immiscible in each other; surrounded by an emulsifying agent
Emulsion
Boiling point
Displacement
Empirical formula
43. The process of separating the ions in a compound by means of electrically charged poles
Chemical property
Celsius scale
Calorie
Electrolysis
44. Organic compound containing the -O- group
Dehydrating agent
Amorphous
Ether
Absolute temperature
45. Forms of the same element that differ in their crystalline structures
Actinide series
Endothermic
Dew point
Allotropic forms
46. A chemical action in which both heat and light are given off
Combustion
Catalyst
Condensation
Deuterium
47. The layer of gasses surrounding the earth - A unit of pressure (1 atm = 760mm of Hg or torr)
Deuterium
Alloy
Amine
Atmosphere
48. An organic hydroxyl compound formed by relacing one or more hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon with equal number of hydroxyl (OH) groups
Atmosphere
Compound
Amphoteric
Alcohol
49. The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element and can enter into a chemical reaction
Anion
Colligative propery
Chain reaction
Atom
50. Heat content of a chemical system
Entropy
Chain reaction
Enthalpy
Einstein equation