In a cathode ray tube, the positive electrode. Electrode at which oxidation occurs.
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Detergent
A soap-like emulsifer that contains a sulfate, SO3 or a phosphate group instead of a carboxylate group.
Melting Point
The temperature at which liquid and solid coexist in equilibrium, also the freezing point.
Basic Anhydride
The oxide of a metal that reacts with water to form a base.
Overlap
The interaction of orbitals on different atoms in the same region of space.
Gas of rotten eggs
If you happen to break a rotten egg, then you know the smell of hydrogen sulfide, because the stench of the spoiled egg depends on of its presence in rotting protein substances.
Cyclotron
A device for accelerating charged particles along a spiral path.
Open Sextet
Refers to species that have only six electrons in the highest energy level of the central element (many Lewis acids).
Carbonium ion
An orgainic ion carrying a positive charge on a carbon atom.
Binary Acid
A binary compound in which H is bonded to one or more of the more electronegative nonmetals.
Continuous Spectrum
Spectrum that contains all wave-lengths in a specified region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
