Chemistry Comes Alive! C C Alive! Table of Contents Index Textbooks

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A - AL

acetic acid
Ammonia Fountains - Multiple

acid
In Arrhenius theory, a species that dissociates to produce hydrogen ions. In Bronsted-Lowry theory, a hydrogen ion donor. In Lewis theory, a species that accepts a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond.
Ammonia Fountains - Multiple
Conductimetric Titration
Extraction of Acid with Base
Ferrofluid
Osmotic Pressure, Hydrostatic Pressure

acids and bases
Ammonia Fountain
Ammonia Fountains - Multiple
Conductimetric Titration
Extraction of Acid with Base

activation energy
The energy barrier over which a reaction must progress in order for reactants to form products.
Thermochromism: Mercury(II) Iodide

alcohol
An organic compound containing the functional group -OH.
Canned Heat
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Viscosity of Liquids

alkali
Any substance in water solution that is bitter, irritating to the skin, and has a pH value greater than 7.0.
Ammonia Fountain
Ammonia Fountains - Multiple
Conductimetric Titration
Extraction of Acid with Base
Relative Reactivity of Alkali Metals

alkali metal
One of the metals appearing in the first column of the periodic table.
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Relative Reactivity of Alkali Metals

alkene
A hydrocarbon containing one or more double bonds between carbon atoms. Also called olefin.
Ring Strain

allotrope
One of two or more different structural forms for an element.
Plastic Sulfur

alloy
A mixture of two or more metals or of one or more metals with a non-metal; often non-stoichiometric.
Memory Metal

alpha-pinene
Ring Strain

aluminum
An element in the periodic table with symbol Al, atomic number 13, and atomic weight 26.981
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Heat Conduction by Diamond

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