The amount of water that would absorb the same amount of heat as the calorimeter per degree temperature increase.
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Photochemical Oxidants
Photochemically produced oxidizing agents capable of causing damage to plants and animals.
Hund's Rule
All orbitals of a given sublevel must be occupied by single electrons before pairing begins.
Open Sextet
Refers to species that have only six electrons in the highest energy level of the central element (many Lewis acids).
Spectral Line
Any of a number of lines corresponding to definite wavelengths of an atomic emission or absorption spectrum, represents the energy difference between two energy levels.
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Standard Electrodes
Half-cells in which the oxidized and reduced forms of a species are present at unit activity, 1.0M solutions of dissolved ions, 1.0atm partial pressure of gases, and pure solids and liquids.
Critical Mass
The minimum mass of a particular fissionable nuclide in a given volume required to sustain a nuclear chain reaction.
Condensation
Liquefaction of vapor.
Ester
A Compound of the general formula R-C-O-R1 where R and R1 may be the same or different, and may be either aliphatic or aromatic.
Electrolysis
Process that occurs in electrolytic cells.
