A term used to describe molecules and polyatomic ions that have one atom in the center and six atoms at the corners of a octahedron.
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Flux
A substance added to react with the charge, or a product of its reduction, in metallurgy, usually added to lower a melting point.
Octane Number
A number that indicates how smoothly a gasoline burns.
Turning iron nail into copper nail
This simple chemical experiment shows the so-called process of copper plating of metal products. Copper has the ability to deposit on a metal surface.
Heterogeneous Catalyst
A catalyst that exists in a different phase (solid, liquid or gas) from the reactants, a contact catalyst.
Atmosphere
A unit of pressure, the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at 0 °C.
Dissociation
In aqueous solution, the process in which a solid ionic compound separates into its ions.
van der Waals' Equation
An equation of state that extends the ideal gas law to real gases by inclusion of two empirically determined parameters, which are different for different gases.
Chemical Equation
Description of a chemical reaction by placing the formulas of the reactants on the left and the formulas of products on the right of an arrow.
Curie (Ci)
The basic unit used to describe the intensity of radioactivity in a sample of material. One curie equals 37 billion disintegrations per second or approximately the amount of radioactivty given off by 1 gram of radium.
Law of Conservation of Energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it may be changed from one form to another.
