Equation relating the rate of a reaction to the concentrations of the reactants and the specific rate of the constant.
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Boron Hydrides
Binary compounds of boron and hydrogen.
Levorotatory
Refers to an optically active substance that rotates the plane of plane polarized light counterclockwise, also called levo.
Homogeneous Catalyst
A catalyst that exists in the same phase (solid, liquid or gas) as the reactants. The process is called Homogeneous Catalysis.
Calorie
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water from 14.5°C to 15.5°C. 1 calorie = 4.184 joules.
Inert s-pair Effect
Characteristic of the post-transition minerals, tendency of the outermost s electrons to remain nonionized or un shared in compounds.
Aufbau ('building up') Principle
Describes the order in which electrons fill orbitals in atoms.
Ostwald Process
A process for the industrial production of nitrogen oxide and nitric acid from ammonia and oxygen.
Electron Deficient Compounds
Compounds that contain at least one atom (other than H) that shares fewer than eight electrons.
Polyprotic Acid
An Acid that can form two or more hydronium ions per molecule, often a least one step of ionization is weak.
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.
