Absorption of a K shell (n=1) electron by a proton as it is converted to a neutron.
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Free Radical
A highly reactive chemical species carrying no charge and having a single unpaired electron in an orbital.
Hard Water
Water containing Fe3+, Ca2+, and Mg2+ ions, which forms precipates with soap.
Octet Rule
Many representative elements attain at least a share of eight electrons in their valence shells when they form molecular or ionic compounds, there are some limitations.
Chain Reaction
A reaction that, once initiated, sustains itself and expands. This is a reaction in which reactive species, such as radicals, are produced in more than one step. These reactive species, radicals, propagate the chain reaction.
Canal Ray
Stream of positively charged particles (cations) that moves toward the negative electrode in cathode ray tubes, observed to pass through canals in the negative electrode.
Freezing Point Depression
The decrease in the freezing point of a solvent caused by the presence of a solute.ing Point
Organic Chemistry
The chemistry of substances that contain carbon-hydrogen bonds.
Nuclear Binding Energy
Energy equivalent of the mass deficiency, energy released in the formation of an atom from the subatomic particles.
Ideal Gas
A hypothetical gas that obeys exactly all postulates of the kinetic-molecular theory.
Collision Theory
Theory of reaction rates that states that effective collisions between reactant molecules must occur in order for the reaction to occur.
