The liquid and solid phases, phases in which particles interact strongly.
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Harmful Chemicals Found In Food
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Interesting facts about metals
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Gas of rotten eggs
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Varieties of garnet minerals
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Yellowcake
The solid form of mixed uranium oxide, which is produced from uranium ore in the uranium recovery (milling) process.
Accuracy
How closely a measured value agrees with the correct value.
Lead Storage Battery
Secondary voltaic cell used in most automobiles.
Phosphoric Acid
H3P04, Colorless liquid or rhombic crystals, decomposes before it will boil. Used mostly in the metal etchant. Used in cleaning operations to remove encrusted surface matter and mineral scale found on metal equipment such as boilers and steam producing equipment. Also used to brighten metals and remove rust.
Displacement Reactions
Reactions in which one element displaces another from a compound.
Binary Acid
A binary compound in which H is bonded to one or more of the more electronegative nonmetals.
Exothermicity
The release of heat by a system as a process occurs.
Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory
Assumes that electron pairs are arranged around the central element of a molecule or polyatomic ion so that there is maximum separation (and minimum repulsion) among regions of high electron density.
Buffer Solution
Solution that resists change in pH, contains either a weak acid and a soluble ionic salt of the acid or a weak base and a soluble ionic salt of the base.
Isoelectric
Having the same electronic configurations.
