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M
magnesium
An element in the periodic table with symbol Mg, atomic number 12, and atomic weight 24.305
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Hardness of Solid Substances
Hardness of Solid Substances - Grinding
magnetic property
Curie Point of Nickel
Ferrimagnetism
Ferrofluid
Paramagnetism: Compounds
Paramagnetism: Nitrogen and Oxygen
Paramagnetism: Oxidation States of Manganese
magnetism
Ferrimagnetism
magnetite
Ferrimagnetism
Ferrofluid
manganese
An element in the periodic table with symbol Mn, atomic number 25, and atomic weight 54.938
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Paramagnetism: Compounds
Paramagnetism: Oxidation States of Manganese
mass
A measure of the quantity of matter; the force required to impart unit acceleration to an object.
Ice Bomb
mechanism
Heat Conduction by Diamond
Induction by Iron(II) of the Oxidation of Iodide by Dichromate
melting
The process of a liquid forming from a solid.
Heat Conduction by Diamond
Plastic Sulfur
melting point
The temperature at which a solid becomes a liquid. Also called freezing point.
Plastic Sulfur
meniscus
The meniscus is the curvature of a liquid in a vessel at the liquid/air interface. It is caused by attractive forces between the solution and the walls of the vessel.
Critical Point of Benzene
Viscosity of Liquids
mercury
An element in the periodic table with symbol Hg, atomic number 80, and atomic weight 200.59
Big Barometer
Boyle's Law: J-tube
Mercury Barometers
Thermochromism: Mercury(II) Iodide
Vapor Pressure: H-bonding vs. dipole-dipole attraction
Vapor Pressure: Molecular Polarity
Vapor Pressure: Molecular Size
Vapor Pressure of a Mixture: Raoult's Law
Vapor Pressure: Using Barometers
metal
An element characterized typically by a glossy surface, thermal and electrical conductivity, malleability, and ductility.
Colors of Elements in a Flame
Hardness of Solid Substances
Hardness of Solid Substances - Grinding
Heat Treatment of a Metal Bobby Pin
Memory Metal
Paramagnetism: Compounds
Paramagnetism: Nitrogen and Oxygen
Relative Reactivity of Alkali Metals
Simulation of Dislocations in Metals
methyl red indicator
Osmotic Pressure, Hydrostatic Pressure
miscible
Able to dissolve in each other in any proportion; said of liquids.
Like Dissolves Like - Demonstration
Like Dissolves Like - Multimedia Experiments
mixture
A combination of two or more substances in which the substances retain their chemical identity.
Extraction of Acid with Base
Ferrimagnetism
Like Dissolves Like - Multimedia Experiments
Superconductivity
Vapor Pressure of a Mixture: Raoult's Law
mohr pipet
A Mohr pipet is used for transferring specified volumes of liquid from one container to another.
Viscosity of Liquids
molar mass
The mass of a mole of substance; the same as molecular weight for molecular substances.
Ice Bomb
mole fraction
In a mixture, the number of moles of one substance divided by the total number of moles of all substances present.
Vapor Pressure of a Mixture: Raoult's Law
molecular formula
The chemical formula of a substance written using the subscripts that reflect the number of each atom present in a molecule of the substance.
Vapor Pressure: H-bonding vs. dipole-dipole attraction
molecular weight
The mass of one mole of molecules of a substance; the molar mass of a molecular substance.
Vapor Pressure: Molecular Size
molecule
A set of atoms joined by covalent bonds and having no net charge.
Conductimetric Titration
Critical Point of Benzene
Ferrofluid
Floating Squares
Hardness of Solid Substances
Hardness of Solid Substances - Grinding
Plastic Sulfur
Ring Strain
Vapor Pressure: H-bonding vs. dipole-dipole attraction
Vapor Pressure: Molecular Polarity
Vapor Pressure: Molecular Size
Vapor Pressure: Using Barometers
Viscosity of Liquids
molybdenum
An element in the periodic table with symbol Mo, atomic number 42, and atomic weight 95.94
Hardness of Solid Substances
Hardness of Solid Substances - Grinding
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