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

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electrical conductivity
Conductimetric Titration
Superconductivity

electrical properties of matter
Piezoelectric Effect

electrode
In an electrochemical cell, a surface on which oxidation or reduction occurs.
Conductimetric Titration

electrolyte
A substance that dissociates in water to form ions, thus increasing the extent to which the liquid conducts electricity.
Conductimetric Titration

electron
One of the negatively charged, sub-atomic particles (but sometimes behaving as waves) surrounding the nucleus of an atom.
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Curie Point of Nickel
Ferrofluid
Hardness of Solid Substances
Hardness of Solid Substances - Grinding
Heat Conduction by Diamond
Paramagnetism: Compounds
Paramagnetism: Oxidation States of Manganese
Vapor Pressure: Molecular Size
Viscosity of Liquids

electron configuration
A representation of the number of electrons of an atom or ion and the orbitals in which they lie.
Paramagnetism: Compounds
Paramagnetism: Oxidation States of Manganese

electron energy
Colors of Elements in a Flame

electronic structure of atoms
Colors of Elements in a Flame

element
A substance containing only one kind of atom and that therefore cannot be broken down into component substances.
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Curie Point of Nickel
Ferrofluid
Hardness of Solid Substances
Hardness of Solid Substances - Grinding
Heat Conduction by Diamond
Induction by Iron(II) of the Oxidation of Iodide by Dichromate
Isotopes: Heavy Water Ice Cubes
Memory Metal
Paramagnetism: Compounds
Paramagnetism: Oxidation States of Manganese
Plastic Sulfur
Relative Reactivity of Alkali Metals

elements that exist as molecules
Hardness of Solid Substances - Grinding
Plastic Sulfur

endothermic
Describing a process that absorbs heat from the surroundings.
Crystallization of Supersaturated Sodium Acetate

energy
The capacity to do work.
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Critical Point of Benzene
Heat Conduction by Diamond
Memory Metal
Ring Strain
Thermochromism: Mercury(II) Iodide

enthalpy
A thermodynamic state function, symbol H, that equals internal energy plus pressure x volume; the change in enthalpy corresponds to the heat transfer when a reaction occurs at constant pressure.
Canned Heat
Crystallization of Supersaturated Sodium Acetate

equilibrium
A state in which no net change is occurring, but which is characterized by forward and reverse reactions occurring at the same rate.
Ammonia Fountains - Multiple
Boiling by Cooling
Extraction of Acid with Base
Liquefaction of Carbon Dioxide

equivalence point
The point in a titration at which the amount of the reactant being added stoichiometrically matches the amount of the reactant initially present.
Conductimetric Titration

ethanol
Canned Heat
Vapor Pressure: Molecular Size
Vapor Pressure: Using Barometers

ether
An organic compound containing the functional group R-O-R'.
Extraction of Acid with Base
Vapor Pressure: H-bonding vs. dipole-dipole attraction
Vapor Pressure of a Mixture: Raoult's Law

evaporation
Vapor Pressure: Drinking Bird

evaporative cooling
Vapor Pressure: Drinking Bird

evidence of chemical reaction
Conductimetric Titration
Relative Reactivity of Alkali Metals

exothermic
Describing a process that releases heat to the surroundings.
Canned Heat
Crystallization of Supersaturated Sodium Acetate
Ring Strain

exothermic process
Canned Heat
Crystallization of Supersaturated Sodium Acetate

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