Attractive interactions between polar molecules, that is, between molecules with permanent dipoles.
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Voltage
Potential difference between two electrodes, a measure of the chemical potential for a redox reaction to occur.
Coordination Number
In describing crystals, the number of nearest neighbours of an atom or ion. The number of donor atoms coordinated to a metal.
Transition State Theory
Theory of reaction rates that states that reactants pass through high-energy transition states before forming products.
Substance
Any kind of matter all specimens of which have the same chemical composition and physical properties.
Titration
A Procedure in which one solution is added to another solution until the chemical reaction between the two solutes is complete, the concentration of one solution is known and that of the other is unknown.
xenon trioxide
A colorless, nonvolatile solid, XeO3, explosive when dry: in solution it is called xenic acid.
Photochemical Oxidants
Photochemically produced oxidizing agents capable of causing damage to plants and animals.
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Nonbonding Orbital
A molecular orbital derived only from an atomic orbital of one atom, lends neither stability nor instability to a molecule or ion when populated with electrons.
Bronsted-Lowry Acid
A proton donor.
