A salt containing an ionizable hydrogen atom. Acidic salt does not necessarily produce acidic solutions.
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Percent Composition
The mass percent of each element in a compound.
Dry Cells
Ordinary batteries (voltaic cells) for flashlights. radios, and so on, many are Leclanche cells.
Third Law of Thermodynamics
The entropy of a hypothetical pure, perfect, crystalline sustance at absolute zero temperature is zero.
Nitric Acid
HNO3: A strong acid, it is toxic and can cause severe burns. Transparent colorless or yellowish, fuming, suffocating, caustic and corrosive liquid. Nitric acid boiling point is 83C. A 70 percent solution is used in the S.S.E. laboratory for junction depth measurements. Nitric acid is also present in the metal etch solution used for the Aluminum etch procedure.
Exothermicity
The release of heat by a system as a process occurs.
Atomic Orbital
Region or volume in space in which the probability of finding electrons is highest.
Atomic Number
Hydrogenation
The reaction in which hydrogen adds across a double or triple bond.
Atomic Mass Unit (amu)
One twelfth of a mass of an atom of the carbon-12 isotope, a unit used for stating atomic and formula weights, also called dalton.
Binary Acid
A binary compound in which H is bonded to one or more of the more electronegative nonmetals.
