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SAT Subject Test: Chemistry Vocab
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1. Science concerned with the compositions of substances and the changes that they undergo
Acid salt
chemistry
Alloy
Beta particles
2. The temperature above which no gas can be liquefied - regardless of the pressure applied
distillation
Critical temperature
eudiometer
Electrolysis
3. An instrument - invented by Toricelli in 1643 - used for measuring atmospheric pressure
Celsius scale
Crystalline
Barometer
distillation
4. The smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of that element and can enter into a chemical reaction
Atom
Celsius scale
Esterification
Entropy
5. The electrode in an electrolytic cell that is negatively charged and attracts positive ions
Cathode
Buffer
Esterification
Anhydrous
6. One of the building blacks matter is composed of - only one type of atom; cannot be further decomposed
Flux
Critical mass
Critical temperature
Element
7. Chemical reaction between an alcohol and an acid - in which an ester is formed
Amine
Esterification
Cation
Avagadro's number
8. The flow of a gas through a small aperture
Effusion
Critical mass
Atom
Diffusion
9. Top number on periodic table - The number of protons in the nucleus - The number of electrons in an atom
Atomic number
Control rod
Double displacement
Cathode
10. Containing no water
Double bond
Cation
Anhydrous
Activation energy
11. A compound whose basic structure contains the benzene ring; it usually has an odor
Aromatic compound
Actinide series
Anhydrous
Deuterium
12. A. change from gas to liquid B. the combination of molecules without water
Aromatic compound
Condensation
Anhydrous
Deuterium
13. 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
Absorption
Energy
Dry ice
14. Particles larger than those found in a solution but smaller than those in a suspension
Colloids
Dipole-dipole attraction
Brownian movement
Dew point
15. Negatively charged particle - Mass is 9.109x10(-28)
distillation
Empirical formula
Electron
Electrolyte
16. A device used to accelerate charged particles to high energies for bombarding the nuclei of atoms
Barometer
Binary
Atomic radius
Cyclotron
17. 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
Cathode rays
Electrolyte
Electroplating
18. 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
Equilibrium
Efflorescence
Catalyst
Base
19. The process whereby gases or liquids intermingle freely of their own accord
Basic anhydride
Diffusion
Empirical formula
Electrode
20. Forms of the same element that differ in their crystalline structures
Allotropic forms
Catalyst
Emulsifying agent
Crystalline
21. 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
Electronegativity
Dehydrate
Displacement
22. Nuclear reaction that releases energy because of the splitting of large nuclei into smaller ones
Fahrenheit scale
Beta particles
Cathode rays
Fission
23. Shorthand method of showing the changes that take place in a chemical reaction
Endothermic
Equation
Base
Atom
24. A chance that alters the atomic structures of the substances involved and results in different properties
Flux
Amino acid
Chemical change
Allotropic forms
25. The average mass of a number; bottom number on the element
Critical temperature
Anion
Endothermic
Atomic mass
26. An ion or particle that has a negative charge and thus is attracted to a positively charged anode
Chemical property
Combustion
Anion
Alkaline
27. A salt formed by replacing part of the hydrogen ions of a dibasic or tribasic acid with metallic ions - Examples: NaHSO4 - NaH2PO4
Brownian movement
Acid salt
Electron
Electrolysis
28. A liquid that will conduct and electric current
Alkali
Effusion
Electrolyte
Dry ice
29. Nuclear reactor in which more fissionable material is produced than is used up during operation
Destructive distillation
Breeder reactor
Boiling point
Ester
30. An organic hydroxyl compound formed by relacing one or more hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon with equal number of hydroxyl (OH) groups
Calorie
Antichlor
Chain reaction
Alcohol
31. The mass per unit volume of a substance; mathematical formula D=m/V
distillation
Diffusion
Density
Control rod
32. An ion that has a positive charge
Cation
Electrode potential
Carbon dating
Alpha particles
33. A substituent obtained from a saturated hydrocarbon by removing one hydrogen atom -Examples: methyl(CH3) ethyl(C2H5)
Anion
Alkyl
Cathode rays
Dehydrate
34. The rapid escape of excess gas that has been dissolved into a liquid
Effervescence
Filteration
Deliquesence
Base
35. Heat content of a chemical system
Filteration
Enthalpy
Fission
Density
36. The process of forming definitely shaped crystals when water is evaporated from a solution of the substance
Acidic anhydride
Electronegativity
Cathode
Crystallization
37. Chemical reaction that results in the giving off of heat
Equation
Amphoteric
Cyclotron
Exothermic
38. Absorbtion by a substance of water from the air - so that the substance becomes wet
Dry ice
Electrode potential
Emulsion
Deliquesence
39. Referring to a hydroxide that may have either acidic or basic properties - depending on the substance with which it reacts
Dehydrate
Empirical formula
Amphoteric
Electrode
40. Substance that takes water from another substance
Dehydrating agent
Atomic mass
Ester
Emulsion
41. The process by which suspended matter is removed from a liquid by passing the liquid through a porous material
Condensation
Emulsifying agent
Filteration
Colligative propery
42. The process of separation of a solution by diffusion through a semipermeable membrance
Dehydrate
distillation
Einstein equation
Dialysis
43. A chemical action in which both heat and light are given off
Alloy
Basic anhydride
Enthalpy
Combustion
44. In metallurgy: a substance that helps to melt and remove the solid impurities as slag
Avagadro's number
Acid
Destructive distillation
Flux
45. A property of a solution that depends primarily on the concentration - not the type of particles present
Anhydrous
Colligative propery
Amine
Boiling point
46. The smallest amount of fissionable material that will sustain a chain reaction
Dialysis
Anion
Chemical change
Critical mass
47. Graduated glass tube into which gases are placed and subjected to an electric spark; measures the individual volumes of combining gases
eudiometer
adsorbtion
Combustion
Activation energy
48. A change by which an element takes the place of another element in a compound
Chain reaction
Destructive distillation
Acidic anhydride
Displacement
49. The measure of disorder in a system
Entropy
Einstein equation
Deuterium
Equation
50. Separation of the ions of an ionic compound due to the action of a solvent
Crystalline
Aromatic compound
Dissociation (ionic)
Amino acid