CK-12-Chemistry Intermediate

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary A small whole number placed in front of a formula in a chemical equation in order to ba ...

27.3. C http://www.ck12.org coordination number The number of ions (or atoms) that immediately surround an ion of the opposite c ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary 27.4 D Dalton’s law of partial pressures A law that states that the total pressure of a ...

27.4. D http://www.ck12.org compounds. ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary 27.5 E effusion The process of a confined gas escaping through a tiny hole in its conta ...

27.5. E http://www.ck12.org The point during a titration experiment when the indicator changes color. endothermic The condition ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary 27.6 F film badge A device that consists of several layers of photographic film that ca ...

27.7. G http://www.ck12.org 27.7 G gamma ray (γ) Very high energy electromagnetic waves emitted from a nucleus. gas A form of ma ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary 27.8 H half-cell One part of a voltaic cell in which either the oxidation or reduction ...

27.8. H http://www.ck12.org An organic compound that is made up of only carbon and hydrogen. hydrogenation A reaction that occur ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary 27.9 I ideal gas An imaginary gas whose behavior perfectly fits all the assumptions of ...

27.9. I http://www.ck12.org Atoms that have the same atomic number but different mass numbers, due to a change in the number of ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary 27.10 J joule (J) SI unit of energy; in terms of base units, a joule is equal to a kg•m ...

27.11. K http://www.ck12.org 27.11 K ketone An organic compound in which a carbonyl group (C=O) is attached to a carbon atom wit ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary 27.12 L lanthanide A series of 14 elements from cerium (atomic number 58) to lutetium ( ...

27.13. M http://www.ck12.org 27.13 M macroscopic A description of substances that refers to objects that can be seen, touched, a ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary The heat released by one mole of a substance as it is converted from a liquid to a soli ...

27.14. N http://www.ck12.org 27.14 N neutralization reaction A reaction in which an acid and a base react in an aqueous solution ...

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 27. Glossary 27.15 O octet rule A rule that states that atoms tend to form compounds in ways that gi ...

27.16. P http://www.ck12.org 27.16 P partial pressure The contribution that gas makes to the total pressure when the gas is part ...