Glossary
absolute entropy
absolute zero
acid
acid-base reaction
activated complex
activation energy
addition reaction
aerobic decomposition
alpha decay
alpha particle
amino acid
amorphous solid
amphiprotic
amphoteric behavior
anion
anaerobic decomposition
anode
antibonding orbital
Arrhenius equation
atom
atomic mass unit
atomic number
atomic weight
Aufbau process
Avogadro's law
Avogadro's number
azeotropic mixture
azimuthal quantum number
band
barometer
base
beta decay
beta particle
bimolecular reaction
binary compound
boiling point
boiling point elevation
body-centered cubic structure
bond angle
bond distance
bond energy
bonding orbital
bond order
Born-Haber cycle
Boyle's law
Bragg equation
Bronsted acid
Bronsted base
buffer capacity
buffer solution
calorie
calorimetry
catalysis
catalyst
cathode
cathode ray
cathodic protection
cation
cell potential
chain mechanism
chain reaction
Charles's law
chelating ligand
chemical change
chemical property
chemical thermodynamics
cis configuration
colligative properties
colloid
combination reaction
common ion effect
compound
concentration
condensation
conjugate acid
conjugate base
constant boiling solution
coordinate covalent bond
coordination compound
coordination number
coordination sphere
coulomb
covalent bond
covalent radius
critical pressure
critical temperature
crystal defect
crystalline solid
cubic closest packed structure
Dalton's law
daughter nuclide
decomposition reaction
degenerate orbitals
density
diamagnetic substance
diffusion
dipole
dipole-dipole attraction
diprotic acid
disproportionation
dissociation constant
double bond
Einstein equation
electrode
electrode potential
electrolysis
electrolyte
electrolytic conduction
electromotive force
electron
electron affinity
electron capture
electron configuration
electronegativity
element
elementary reaction
empirical formula
end point
endothermic reaction
enthalpy change
entropy
entropy change
equilibrium
equilibrium constant
equivalent
evaporation
excited state
exothermic reaction
expansion work
face-centered cubic structure
Faraday
Faraday's law
first ionization energy
first law of thermodynamics
fission
formation constant
formula weight
free energy change
freezing point
freezing point depression
frequency factor
fusion
gamma ray
gas
gas constant
Gay-Lussac's law
geometrical isomers
glass
Graham's law
gram
ground state
half-cell
half-life
half-life of a reaction
half-reaction
hard water
heat
heat capacity
heat of fusion
heat of reaction
heat of vaporization
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Henry's law
Hess's law
heteronuclear diatomic molecule
heterogeneous catalyst
heterogeneous equilibrium
hexagonal closest packed structure
homogeneous catalyst
homogeneous equilibrium
homonuclear diatomic molecule
Hund's rule
hybridization
hydrocarbon
hydrogen bond
hydrogen salt
hydronium ion
ideal gas
ideal solution
insulator
intermolecular force
internal energy
interstitial site
intramolecular force
ion
ion activity
ion-dipole attraction
ion exchange
ionic bond
ionic compound
ionic radius
ionization constant
ionization energy
ion product for water
isoelectronic species
isomorphous structures
isotopes
joule
Ka
Kb
Kelvin
kilogram
kinetic energy
kinetic molecular theory
lattice energy
lattice point
law of definite proportion
law of mass action
Le Châtelier's principle
Lewis acid
Lewis base
Lewis structure
Lewis symbol
ligand
ligand field splitting
ligand field stabilization energy
limiting reagent
liquid
liter
London force
magnetic quantum number
mass
mass defect
mass number
matter
melting point
metal
metallic conduction
metathetical reaction
meter
miscibility
mixture
molality
molarity
molar mass
molar volume
mole
molecule
molecular formula
molecular orbital
molecular structure
molecular weight
mole fraction
monoprotic acid
Nernst equation
neutralization
neutron
nonelectrolyte
nonmetal
normality
normal boiling point
nuclear binding energy
nuclear force
nucleon
nucleus
nuclide
octahedral hole
optical isomers
optically active molecules
orbital
order of a reaction
osmosis
osmotic pressure
oxidation
oxidation number
oxidation-reduction reaction
oxidizing agent
oxyacid
pH
pOH
paramagnetic substance
parent nuclide
partial pressure
Pauli exclusion principle
percent yield
periodic law
photon
physical change
physical property
pi orbital
polar covalent bond
polydentate ligand
polymers
polymorphism
polyprotic acid
positron
pressure
principal quantum number
proton
quantized
radioactive decay
radioactivity
radius ratio
Raoult's law
rate constant
rate-determining step
rate equations
reaction mechanism
reaction quotient
reducing agent
reduction
resonance forms
resonance hybrid
reversible reaction
salt
saturated solution
second law of thermodynamics
semiconductor
semi-metal
shell
sigma orbital
simple cubic structure
single bond
solid
solid solution
solubility product
solution
space lattice
specific gravity
specific heat
spectrum
spin quantum number
spontaneous process
stability curve
standard conditions
standard electrode potential
standard hydrogen electrode
standard molar enthalpy of formation
standard molar entropy
standard state
state function
stoichiometry
strong acid
strong base
strong electrolyte
structural isomers
sublimation
subshell
substitution reaction
supercooling
supersaturated solution
surface tension
surroundings
system
temperature
termolecular reaction
ternary compound
tetrahedral hole
theoretical yield
third law of thermodynamics
three-center bond
titration
trans configuration
transition state
triple bond
triple point
triprotic acid
unimolecular reaction
unit cell
unsaturated solution
unshared pair
valence electron
valence shell
valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory
van der Waal's equation
van der Waal's force
vapor pressure
vapor-pressure lowering
volt
voltaic cell
wave function
weak acid
weak base
weak electrolyte
work
yield