Combination of symbols that indicates the chemical composition of a substance.
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Continuous Spectrum
Spectrum that contains all wave-lengths in a specified region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Isoelectric
Having the same electronic configurations.
Actual Yield
Amount of a specified pure product actually obtained from a given reaction. Compare with Theoretical Yield.
Amino Acid
Compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid group.The --NH2 group.
Absolute Zero
The zero point on the absolute temperature scale, -273.15°C or 0 K, theoretically, the temperature at which molecular motion ceases. The concept of an absolute zero temperature was first deduced from experiments with gases. When a fixed volume of gas is cooled, its pressure decreases with its temperature. Absolute zero physically possesses quantum mechanical zero-point energy.
Boiling Point Elevation
The increase in the boiling point of a solvent caused by the dissolution of a nonvolatile solute.
Line Spectrum
An atomic emission or absorption spectrum.
Lewis Base
Any species that can make available a share in an electron pair.
Antibonding Orbital
A molecular orbital higher in energy than any of the atomic orbitals from which it is derived, lends instability to a molecule or ion when populated with electrons, denoted with a star (*) superscript or symbol.
Conjugated Double Bonds
Double bonds that are separated from each other by one single bond -C=C-C=C-.
