Compound in which a carbonyl group is bound to two alkyl or two aryl groups, or to one alkyl and one aryl group.
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Method of Initial Rates
Method of determining the rate-law expression by carrying out a reaction with different initial concentrations and analyzing the resultant changes in initial rates.
Crystal Lattice
A pattern of arrangement of particles in a crystal.
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.
Endothermicity
The absorption of heat by a system as the process occurs.
Artificial Transmutation
An artificially induced nuclear reaction caused by the bombardment of a nucleus with subatomic particiles or small nucei.
Cis-
The prefix used to indicate that groups are located on the same side of a bon about which rotation is restricted.
Line Spectrum
An atomic emission or absorption spectrum.
Hydrogen
Discovered : by Henry Cavendish in 1766.
Isolated in London, UK.
Origin : The name is derived from the Greek ‘hydro genes’, meaning water forming.
Description :A colourless, odourless gas that burns and can form an explosive mixture with air. It is currently manufactured from methane gas, but is also produced by the electrolysis of water and aqueous salts. The gas is used to make such key materials as ammonia, cyclohexane and methanol, which are intermediates in the production of fertilisers, plastics and pharmaceuticals. Some see hydrogen gas as the clean fuel of the future - generated from water and returning to water when it is oxidised. Hydrogen-powered fuel cells are increasingly being seen as pollution-free sources of energy.
Phenol
Hydrocarbon derivative containing an [OH] group bound to an aromatic raing.
Metallic Conduction
Conduction of electrical current through a metal or along a metallic surface.
