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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. In metallurgy: a substance that helps to melt and remove the solid impurities as slag
Bonding
Flux
Atomic radius
Anhydrous
2. The process of separation of a solution by diffusion through a semipermeable membrance
Celsius scale
Dialysis
Boiling point
Destructive distillation
3. The series of radioactive elements starting with actinium - No. 89 - and ending with lawrencium - No. 103
Actinide series
Dehydrating agent
Amino acid
Breeder reactor
4. 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
Alkyl
Effervescence
Binary
Acid
5. The measure of disorder in a system
Alloy
Analysis
Bonding
Entropy
6. Isotope of hydrogen - sometimes called heavy hydrogen - with an atomic weight of 2
Dipole-dipole attraction
Enthalpy
Deuterium
Electron
7. Having no definite crystalline structure
Control rod
Amorphous
Combustion
Equation
8. Top number on periodic table - The number of protons in the nucleus - The number of electrons in an atom
Atomic number
Brownian movement
Electrode
Absolute temperature
9. Unit for expressing the kinetic energy of subatomic particles; the energy acquired by an electron when it is accelerated by a potential difference of 1 volt
Electrode potential
Electron volt
Antichlor
adsorbtion
10. A bond between atoms involving two electron pairs - unsaturated
Ductile
Enthalpy
Double bond
Base
11. The energy needed to break a chemical bond and form a neutral atom
Filteration
Dipole-dipole attraction
Double displacement
Bond energy
12. Temperature scale that has 32 as freezing point and 212 as boiling point
Ether
Fallout
Allotropic forms
Fahrenheit scale
13. High=speed - negatively charged electrons emitted in radiations
Base
Cation
Alkaline
Beta particles
14. Temperature measured on the absolute scale - which has its origin at absolute zero
Amino acid
Absolute temperature
Cation
Analysis
15. Loss by a substance of its water of hydration on exposure to air at ordinary temperatures
Alkali
Combustion
Efflorescence
Analysis
16. The process whereby gases or liquids intermingle freely of their own accord
chemistry
Diffusion
Alpha particles
Dry ice
17. A chemical action in which both heat and light are given off
Denatured alcohol
Colligative propery
Combustion
Esterification
18. A substituent obtained from a saturated hydrocarbon by removing one hydrogen atom -Examples: methyl(CH3) ethyl(C2H5)
Alkyl
Bond energy
Celsius scale
Cyclotron
19. Capable of being drawn into a thing wire
Control rod
Ductile
Deliquesence
Electrode
20. Solid carbon dioxide
Condensation
Alcohol
Dry ice
Chain reaction
21. Forms of the same element that differ in their crystalline structures
Electrolysis
Allotropic forms
Dipole-dipole attraction
Denatured alcohol
22. Referring to a compound composed of two elements such as water
Flux
Brownian movement
Binary
Activated Charcoal
23. Organic compound formed by dehydrating oxidized alcohol; contains the characteristic - CHO group
Catalyst
Aldehyde
Deliquesence
distillation
24. One of the building blacks matter is composed of - only one type of atom; cannot be further decomposed
Equation
Fission
Ether
Element
25. Residual radioactivity from an atmospheric nuclear test - eventually settles on the surface of the earth
Cation
Alkyl
Fallout
Electrolysis
26. The electrode in an electrolytic cell that is negatively charged and attracts positive ions
Electroplating
Cathode
Calorimeter
Beta particles
27. Referring to any substance that has basic properties
Alkaline
Antichlor
Endothermic
Emulsion
28. Separation of the ions of an ionic compound due to the action of a solvent
Ester
Electron volt
Dissociation (ionic)
Crystallization
29. An organic salt formed by the reaction of an alcohol with an acid
Anhydride
Compound
Dry ice
Ester
30. A nonmetallic oxide that - when placed in water - reacts to form an an acid solution
Acidic anhydride
Critical temperature
Chemical change
Electron volt
31. 1/2 the distance between adjacent nuclei in the crystalline or solid phase of an element; distance from the atomic nucleus to the valence electrons
Atomic radius
Cathode
Combustion
Compound
32. The smallest amount of fissionable material that will sustain a chain reaction
Electrode
Cation
Electrode potential
Critical mass
33. Absorbtion by a substance of water from the air - so that the substance becomes wet
Electrode potential
Cathode rays
Boiling point
Deliquesence
34. A substance used to remove the excess chlorine in the bleaching process
Critical temperature
Antichlor
Double displacement
Element
35. 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
Chain reaction
Combustion
erg
adsorbtion
36. A. change from gas to liquid B. the combination of molecules without water
Condensation
Electronegativity
Calorie
Equilibrium
37. A chance that alters the atomic structures of the substances involved and results in different properties
Electron
Chemical property
Acidic anhydride
Chemical change
38. An ion that has a positive charge
Crystallization
Dew point
Electrolysis
Cation
39. A temperature scale divided into 100 equal divisions and based on water freezing at 0 degress and boiling at 100 degrees
Fixation of nitrogen
Equilibrium
Celsius scale
Esterification
40. A specially treated and finely divided form of carbon - which possesses a high degree of absorbtion
Absolute temperature
Fission
Activated Charcoal
Cyclotron
41. 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
Dry ice
Base
Analysis
Dialysis
42. Heat content of a chemical system
Element
adsorbtion
Enthalpy
Atomic mass
43. The rapid escape of excess gas that has been dissolved into a liquid
Fahrenheit scale
Anhydrous
Endothermic
Effervescence
44. Ethyl alcohol that has been poisoned in order to produce a cheaper alcohol for industrial purposes
Destructive distillation
Electrolyte
Fixation of nitrogen
Denatured alcohol
45. Shorthand method of showing the changes that take place in a chemical reaction
Effervescence
Anhydrous
Equation
distillation
46. 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)
Endothermic
Colligative propery
Anhydride
Double displacement
47. Streams of electrons given off by the cathode of a vacuum tube
Cathode rays
Atomic mass
Brownian movement
adsorbtion
48. Organic compound containing the -O- group
Emulsifying agent
Ether
Atomic mass
Dipole-dipole attraction
49. Negatively charged particle - Mass is 9.109x10(-28)
Calorimeter
Esterification
Deliquesence
Electron
50. Chemical reaction between an alcohol and an acid - in which an ester is formed
Anion
Beta particles
Esterification
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