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Solvent

Chemistry; General chemistry

Liquid in which something is dissolved, for example, the water in saltwater.

Spontaneous reaction

Chemistry; General chemistry

A reaction that will proceed without any outside energy.

States of matter

Chemistry; General chemistry

Solid, liquid, gas and plasma. Plasma is a "soup" of disassociated nuclei and electrons, normally found only in stellar objects.

Dissociation

Chemistry; General chemistry

Breaking down of a compound into its components to form ions from an ionic substance.

Distributivity

Chemistry; General chemistry

A math property which states: A*(B+C)=(A*B)+(A*C).

Double bond

Chemistry; General chemistry

When an atom is bonded to another atom by two sets of electron pairs.

Dipole-dipole forces

Chemistry; General chemistry

Intermolecular forces that exist between polar molecules. Active only when the molecules are close together. The strengths of intermolecular attractions increase when polarity increases.

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