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Hydrolysis

Chemistry; General chemistry

The reactions of cations with water to produce a weak base or of anions to produce a weak acid.

Exponentiation

Chemistry; General chemistry

Exponentiation is a mathematical operation involving two numbers: the base and the exponential.

Force

Chemistry; General chemistry

An entity that when applied to a mass causes it to accelerate. Sir Isaac Newton's Second Law of Motion states: the magnitude of a force=mass*acceleration.

Free electron

Chemistry; General chemistry

Electron which is not attached to a nucleus.

Frequency

Chemistry; General chemistry

Number of events in a given unit of time. When describing a moving wave, means the number of peaks which would pass a stationary point in a given amount of time.

Shells

Chemistry; General chemistry

Where the electrons generally are. These shells are composed of 4 types of electron subshells: s, p, d and f subshells.

Salts

Chemistry; General chemistry

Ionic compounds that can be formed by replacing one or more of the hydrogen ions of an acid with another positive ion.

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