Alphabetical index of chemistry concepts
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Absorbance of coloured solutions 2204, 2201
Absorption spectrum, visible 2203
Acetic acid
speciation in aqueous solution as pH is changed 0908
"Allowed" energy levels 2201, 2203
Amount of substance 0501, 0502
Aquated ions 0905, 0908
Aquation of ions 0905, 0906
Atomic number, Z 0201
Atoms
building blocks of molecules 0201
composition of 0201
Avogadro constant 0501, 0502, 0503
Beer's law 2204, T02
Carbon dioxide, IR spectrum 2201
Carbonic acid
speciation in aqueous solution as pH is changed 0908
Chemical amount 0501, 0502
Chemical equations See Equations
Chemical equilibrium (and see Equilibrium and Dynamic chemical equilibrium)
dynamic, visualizing 1101
ionisation of weak elelctrolytes in solution 0909, 0910
jargon 1102
Chemical formulas 0504
Chemical reaction 0500
Chemical species See Species, chemical
Classification of matter 0202
Coloured solutions, absorbance 2203, 2204
Colloidal dispersions 0901
Communication in chemistry 1102, 2700
Competition
dissolving ionic salts 0905, 0906
reactions as 1101
Concentrated (Meanings of concentrated, dilute, strong, weak) 0911
Concentration of solutions 0907
Concepts, interdependence of 0201
Covalent molecular compounds 0504
Electrolytes or non-electrolytes? 0909
Dilute (Meanings of concentrated, dilute, strong, weak) 0911
Dissolving ionic salts in water 0905, 0906, 0909
"Dual nature" of light 2202
Dynamic chemical equilibrium 1101, T05
jargon related to 1102
Electrolytes
or non-electrolytes? 0909
strong or weak? 0909, 0910
Electromagnetic spectrum 2201
Electrons
in atoms 0201
Elements 0201
Emission spectra of atomic substances 2201
Entropy 0902, 0906
Equations, chemical 0500
For reactions of ions in solutions of ionic salts 0908
What can they tell us, and what can they not tell us? 0505
Equilibrium
dynamic chemical equilibrium, visualizing 1101
constant 1103
jargon related to 1102
law of 1103, T04
"position", shift of 1102
Ethanoic acid See acetic acid
Excitation of energy 2203
Formulas 0504
Homogeneous mixtures 0901
Heterogeneous mixtures 0901
Hydration, hydrated ions See aquation, aquated ions
Hydration enthalpy (energy) 0906
Intensive properties 0907
Ionic compounds 0504
Electrolytes or non-electrolytes? 0909
Ionic salts, dissolving in water 0905, 0906
solubilities, prediction of 0906
chemical species from 0908
Ionisation of solutes in solution 0909, 0910
Isomers 0201
Jargon in chemistry 2703
Language issues in chemistry 0201
Lattice enthalpy (energy) 0906
Law of equilibrium 1103, T04
Law of mass action 1103
Law of miscibility (Prof Bob's) 0902, 0903
Light: Wave-particle "duality" 2202
Limiting reactants 0506
Liquids
miscibility of 0902, 0903
Matter, classification of 0202
Miscibility of liquids 0902, 0903
Molar concentration (see Molarity)
Molarity 0907
Mole: unit of measurement of amount 0501, 0502
Molecules
composition of 0201
Net rate of reaction 1102
Net reaction 1102
Neutrons 0201
Partial miscibility of liquids 0903
Photons 2202
Photoelectric effect 2202
Planck's constant (h) 2202
"Position" of equilibrium 1102
Protons 0201
Quantization of energy 2200, 2201
electron energy 2201, 2203
rotational energy 2201
vibrational energy 2201
Rate of reaction 1102
Reaction, chemical 0500
Reaction quotient, Q 1103
Reversible reaction 1102
Sodium chloride
crystal structure 0905
melting 0905
dissolving in water 0905, 0906
Solubility
of ionic salts in water 0905, 0906
of liquids in each other, See miscibility
Solubility "rules" for ionic salts in water 0906
Solutes
electrolytes or non-electrolytes? 0909
Solutions
Concentrations of 0907
What is a solution? 0901
Speciation 0908
Species, chemical 0908
Spectroscopy 2200, 2201
infrared 2201
microwave 2201
UV-visible 2201, 2203
Spontaneous direction of net reaction 1102
Strong (Meanings of concentrated, dilute, strong, weak) 0911
Strong electrolytes 0910
Suspensions 0901
Transmittance of coloured solutions 2204
UV-visible spectroscopy 2203
Visualization
of dynamic chemical equilibrium 1101
Water
polarity of water molecules 0905
role in dissolving ionic salts 0905, 0906
Weak (Meanings of concentrated, dilute, strong, weak) 0911
Weak electrolytes 0910
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