Chemistry Glossary

This glossary is strictly limited to terms originating from official NYSED materials such as standards and released test questions.

A

• absorption (of electromagnetic radiation)
• absorption (of energy)
• acid
• acid-base reaction
• algebraic expression
• alizarine yellow
• alpha decay
• aluminosilicate glass
• aluminum
• aluminum oxide
• ammonium ion
• ammonium sulfate
• anode
• Arrhenius acid-base reaction
• atomic scale
• atomic structure
• attraction
• attractive force

B

• balance
• base
• beta decay
• binding energy
• boiling point
• boiling point elevation
• bond
• bond formation
• Boyle’s Law
• bromcresol purple
• bromphenol blue
• Bronsted-Lowry acid-base reaction
• bulk scale

C

• catalyst
• charge
• chemical change
• chemical energy
• chemical equation
• chemical property
• chemical reaction
• chemical system
• chlorine
• chlorophyll
• closed system
• colligative property
• collision theory
• combined gas law
• combustion
• combustion reaction
• computational model
• concentration
• conductivity
• conductor
• conservation of atoms
• conservation of charge
• conservation of energy
• conservation of mass
• contact force
• conversion factor
• cobalt oxide
• colligative property
• carbon
• carbon dioxide

D

• degree of saturation
• dipole-dipole
• dynamic equilibrium

E

• electric charge
• electric field
• electrical energy
• electrical forces
• electrically conductive material
• electromagnetic energy
• electromagnetic radiation
• electron
• electron state
• electron transfer
• element
• elemental sulfur
• energy
• energy change
• energy conservation
• energy conversion
• energy flow
• energy transfer
• energy transformation
• endothermic reaction
• equilibrium
• exothermic reaction

F

• field energy
• fission
• force
• freezing point depression
• frequency
• fusion

G

• gamma decay
• gamma rays
• gas
• gas-liquid solution
• gravitational energy
• greenhouse gas

H

• half-reaction
• heat
• Heat energy
• high temperature
• hydrogen
• hydrogen ion
• hydronium ion

I

• ideal gas
• indicator
• indium tin oxide
• insulator
• intermolecular forces
• ion
• ionization
• ionization energy
• iron

K

• kinetic energy

L

• Le Chatelier’s Principle
• light energy
• liquid
• liquid-liquid solution
• lithium
• lithium cobalt oxide
• long-chained molecule

M

• macroscopic level
• macroscopic scale
• magnetic energy
• magnetic field
• main-group element
• mass
• mathematical expression
• mathematical representation
• matter
• matter flow
• melting point
• metal
• methyl red
• methane
• mixing
• molecule
• mole
• molten potassium salt
• molecular level
• molarity

N

• natural process
• nature of reactants
• net ionic equation
• network solid
• neutron
• neutralization
• neutralization capability
• nitrate ion
• nitrogen
• non-ideal gas behavior
• nuclear energy
• nuclear process
• nucleus
• number of collisions per unit time

O

• opposite polarity
• overall reaction
• oxide
• oxidation
• oxidation half-reaction
• oxidation-reduction reaction
• oxygen
• outermost electron state
• outermost energy level

P

• particulate-level structure
• particle
• particle collision
• particle orientation
• parts per million (ppm)
• percent by mass
• periodic table
• pH
• photon
• photosynthesis
• physical change
• polarity
• positron decay
• Potential energy
• potassium ion
• power
• precision
• pressure
• product
• proportional relationship
• proton
• property

Q

• quantitative
• qualitative

R

• radiation
• radioactive decay
• rate of change
• rate of reaction
• reactant
• reaction
• reaction with oxygen
• reactivity
• release of energy
• relative property
• repulsion
• repulsive force
• real gas
• reverse reaction

S

• scale of energy
• silicon
• sodium
• sodium ion
• solution
• stable molecule
• standard temperature and pressure (STP)
• stored chemical energy
• stored energy
• structure and function
• subatomic particle
• sugar
• sulfate ion
• surface area
• surface tension
• system

T

• temperature
• thermal energy
• titration
• total bond energy
• transformation
• trend

U

• ultraviolet radiation
• unstable nucleus

V

• vapor pressure
• visible spectrum
• volume

W

• water
• wavelength
• work

X

• X-rays

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