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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Creating Malachite egg
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Ozone
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Varieties of garnet minerals
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Le Chatelier's Principle
States that a system at equilibrium, or striving to attain equilibrium, responds in such a way as to counteract any stress placed upon it.
If a stress (change of conditions) is applied to a system at equilibrium, the system shifts in the direction that reduces stress.
Aufbau ('building up') Principle
Describes the order in which electrons fill orbitals in atoms.
Amphiprotism
Ability of a substance to exhibit amphiprotism by accepting donated protons.
Absolute Entropy (of a substance)
The increase in the entropy of a substance as it goes from a perfectly ordered crystalline form at 0 °K (where its entropy is zero) to the temperature in question.
Entropy is a measure of the “dilution” of thermal energy.
Thermodynamics
The study of the energy transfers accompanying physical and chemical processes.
Amino Acid
Compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid group.The --NH2 group.
Dissociation Constant
Equilibrium constant that applies to the dissociation of a comples ion into a simple ion and coordinating species (ligands).
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.
Half-Cell
Compartment in which the oxidation or reduction half-reaction occurs in a voltaic cell.
Nitrogen Cycle
The complex series of reactions by which nitrogen is slowly but continually recycled in the atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere.
