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The amount of water that would absorb the same amount of heat as the calorimeter per degree temperature increase.

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Chain Termination Step

The combination of two radicals, which removes the reactive species that propagate the change reaction.

Chemical Bonds

The attractive forces that hold atoms together in elements or compounds.

Coulometry

The quantitative application of Faraday's Law to the analysis of materials. The current and time are the usual variables measured.

Adsorption

Adhesion of a species onto the surfaces of particles.

Compound

A substance of two or more elements in fixed proportions. Compounds can be decomposed into their constituent elements.

Molality

Concentration expressed as number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.

Henry's Law

The pressure of the gas above a solution is proportional to the concentration of the gas in the solution.

Polyprotic Acid

An Acid that can form two or more hydronium ions per molecule, often a least one step of ionization is weak.

Outer Orbital Complex

Valence bond designation for a complex in which the metal ion utilizes d orbitals in the outermost (occupied) shell in hybridization.

Effective Molality

The sum of the molalities of all solute particles in a solution.