Electrolytic cell for the commercial electrolysis of molten sodium chloride. For further information see Electrochemistry or Fuel Cells.
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Ionic Compounds
Compounds containing predominantly ionic bonding.
What are Compound Microscopes?
Most of the microscopes used today are compound. A compound microscope features two or more lenses. A hollow cylinder called the tube connects the two lenses.
The top lens, the one people look through, is called the eyepiece. The bottom lens is known as the objective lens. Below the two lenses is the stage, with the illuminator below that.
Optical Isomers
Stereoisomers that differ only by being nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other, like right and left hands, also called enantiomers.
Avogadro's Law
At the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of all gases contain the same number of molecules.
Ketone
Compound in which a carbonyl group is bound to two alkyl or two aryl groups, or to one alkyl and one aryl group.
Capillary
A tube having a very small inside diameter.
Heterogeneous Equilibria
Equilibria involving species in more than one phase.
Corrosion
Oxidation of metals in the presence of air and moisture.
Double Salt
Solid consisting of two co-crystallized salts.
Displacement Reactions
Reactions in which one element displaces another from a compound.
