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Solving Problems: A Chemistry Handbook
Chemistry: Matter and Change
321
A
Accuracy of measurement, 14
Acid-base indicator, 198
Acidic solution, 189
Acid ionization constant, 191,
197–198
Acids: amino, 245; versus bases,
189; DNA and RNA, 249–250;
fatty, 247; monoprotic and
polyprotic, 190; naming,
82–83; neutralizing, 198–200;
nucleic, 249–250; strength of,
190–191; See also pH
Actinide series, 69
Activated complex, 171
Activation energy, 171
Activity series, 93–94
Actual yield, 122
Addition polymerization, 243
Addition reaction, 241
Adenosine diphosphate (ADP),
250
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP),
250
Alcohol, 235
Aldehyde, 237
Aliphatic compounds, 231
Alkali metals, 54, 63–64
Alkaline earth metals, 54, 64
Alkanes, 221–224, 226
Alkenes, 226–228
Alkyl halide, 233
Alkynes, 228
Allotropes, 66
Alloy, 26, 77
Alpha particles, 39
Alpha radiation, 39
Amide, 239
Amine, 235
Amino acid, 245
Amorphous solid, 132
Ampere, 7
Anabolism, 250
Analytical chemistry, 2
Anion, 71–72
Anode, 214
Applied research, 4
Aqueous solutions, 95–98
Aromatic compounds, 230–231
Arrhenius model, 189
Aryl halide, 233
Atmosphere, 128, 263–265
Atomic emission spectrum,
42–43
Atomic mass, 37–38
Atomic number, 33–34
Atomic radius, 57–58
Atoms: differences in, 33–39;
early theories, 31–32; electron
configurations, 45–51; light and
quantized energy, 41–43; in
makeup of matter, 2, 31; and
quantum theory, 43–45; subatomic particles and nuclear
atoms, 31–33; unstable nuclei
and radioactive decay, 39–40;
See also Matter
ATP (adenosine triphosphate),
250
Attractive forces, 130
Aufbau principle, 46
Avogadro’s number, 99
Avogadro’s principle, 140–141
B
Balanced chemical equation,
90–92
Band of stability, 255–256
Bar graph, 18
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