In aqueous solution, the process in which a solid ionic compound separates into its ions.
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Lewis Base
Any species that can make available a share in an electron pair.
Curie (Ci)
The basic unit used to describe the intensity of radioactivity in a sample of material. One curie equals 37 billion disintegrations per second or approximately the amount of radioactivty given off by 1 gram of radium.
Hydrogenation
The reaction in which hydrogen adds across a double or triple bond.
Pairing Energy
Energy required to pair two electrons in the same orbital.
Molality
Concentration expressed as number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.
Turning iron nail into copper nail
This simple chemical experiment shows the so-called process of copper plating of metal products. Copper has the ability to deposit on a metal surface.
Ionic Geometry
The arrangement of atoms (not lone pairs of electrons) about the central atom of a polyatomic ion.
Bond Order
Half the numbers of electrons in bonding orbitals minus half the number of electrons in antibonding orbitals. Bond order gives an indication to the stability of a bond. Also defined as the difference between the number of bonding electrons and antibonding electrons divided by two.
Mass Action Expression
For a reversible reaction, aA + bB cC + dD the product of the concentrations of the products (species on the right), each raised to the power that corresponds to its coefficient in the balanced chemical equation, divided by the product of the concentrations of reactants (species on the left), each raised to the power that corresponds to its coefficient in the balanced chemical equation. At equilibrium the mass action expression is equal to K, at other times it is Q.[C]c[D]d [A]a[B]b = Q, or at equilibrium K.
Avogadro's Law
At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules.
