Consisting of only one element.
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Radioactive Dating
Method of dating ancient objects by determining the ratio of amounts of mother and daughter nuclides present in an object and relating the ratio to the object?s age via half-life calculations.
Strong Electrolyte
A substance that conducts electricity well in a dilute aqueous solution.
Diamagnetism
Weak repulsion by a magnetic field.
Critical Pressure
The pressure required to liquefy a gas (vapor) at its critical temperature.
Miscibility
The ability of one liquid to mix with (dissolve in) another liquid.
Cation
A positive ion, an atom or group of atoms that has lost one or more electrons.
Fuel Cells
Voltaic cells in which the reactants (usually gases) are supplied continuously.
A voltaic cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an oxidizing agent directly into electriacl energy on a continuous basis.
Molecular Formula
Formula that indicates the actual number of atoms present in a molecule of a molecular substance.
Sigma Orbital
Molecular orbital resulting from head-on overlap of two atomic orbitals.
Aryl Group
Group of atoms remaining after a hydrogen atom is removed from the aromatic system.
