Compound in which an oxygen atom is bonded to two alkyl or two aryl groups, or one alkyl and one aryl group.
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Coefficient of expansion
The ratio of the change in length or volumen of a body to the original lengthor volume for a unit change in temperature.
Vapor
A gas formed by boiling or evaporating a liquid.
Associated Ions
Short-lived species formed by the collision of dissolved ions of opposite charges.
Element
A substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by chemical means.
Paramagnetism
Attraction toward a magnetic field, stronger than diamagnetism, but still weak compared to ferromagnetism.
Band Theory of Metals
Theory that accounts for the bonding and properties of metallic solids.
Gel
Colloidal suspension of a solid dispersed in a liquid, a semirigid solid.
Colligative Properties
Physical properties of solutions that depend upon the number but not the kind of solute particles present.
Geiger counter
A gas filled tube which discharges electriaclly when ionizing radiation passes through it.
Faraday's Law of Electrolysis
One equivalent weight of a substance is produced at each electrode during the passage of 96,487 coulombs of charge through an electrolytic cell.
