A highly reactive chemical species carrying no charge and having a single unpaired electron in an orbital.
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Electron Deficient Compounds
Compounds that contain at least one atom (other than H) that shares fewer than eight electrons.
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Polarimeter
A device used to measure optical activity.
Mechanism
The sequence of steps by which reactants are converted into products.
Derivative
A compound that can be imagined to arise from a partent compound by replacement of one atom with another atom or group of atoms. Used extensively in orgainic chemistry to assist in identifying compounds.
Denatured
A commercial term used to describe ethanol that has been rendered unfit for human consumption because of the addition of harmful ingredients to make it sales tax-expempt.
Secondary Standard
A solution that has been titrated against a primary standard. A standard solution is a secondary standard.
Chemical Kinetics
The study of rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions and of the factors on which they depend.
Flux
A substance added to react with the charge, or a product of its reduction, in metallurgy, usually added to lower a melting point.
Hydrophilic Colloids
Colloidal particles that repel water molecules.
