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Chemistry
11th Grade
11/03/2011

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Atom
Definition
The smallest componet of an element
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Chemical property
Definition
Measurement of a chemical property involves a chemical change
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Chromatography
Definition
Chromatography is a method for separating mixtures based on differences in the speed at which they migrate over or through a stationary phase
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Colloid
Definition
A colloid is a heterogeneous mixture
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Conservation of Mass
Definition
There is no change in total mass during a chemical change
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Compound
Definition
A pure substance composed of two or more elements whose composition is constant
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Distillation
Definition
The purification or concentration of a substance
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Element
Definition
A substance that cannot be broken down
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Filtration
Definition
To filtrate
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Flammable
Definition
Combustible, easily set on fire
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Gas
Definition
A substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and property of indefinite expansion as opposed to a solid or a liquid
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Heterogenous
Definition
Different in kind
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Homogenous
Definition
Corresponding in structure because of common origin
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Insoluble
Definition
Incapable of being dissolved
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Liquid
Definition
Composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid.
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Matter
Definition
The substances or substance of which any physical objects consists or is composed of
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Mixture
Definition
An aggregate of two or more substances that are not chemically united and that exist in no fixed proportion to eachother
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Molecule
Definition
The smallest physical unit of an element or compound; The quantity of a substance
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Physical Property
Definition
Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
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Qualitative
Definition
Concerned with quality
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Quantitative
Definition
Concerned with quantity
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Reactivity
Definition
The relative capacity of an atom, molecule, or radical to undergo a chemical reaction with another atom, molecule, or compound
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Solid
Definition
Solid substance or object
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Soluble
Definition
Dissolvable in water
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Substance
Definition
A species of matter of definite chemical composition
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