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General chemistry

Anaesthesia

Chemistry; General chemistry

The use of drugs to cause the body or a part of the body to lose feeling before an operation.Word anaesthesia means " a state of not feeling".

Cohesion

Chemistry; General chemistry

The force of attraction that holds the molecules of a substance together and this force is strongest in solids.

Oxidise

Chemistry; General chemistry

To combine with oxygen. When iron oxidizes, it turns to rust. To lose one or more electrons in a chemical reaction.

Stable

Chemistry; General chemistry

Relating to an atom that is not radioactive and will not change on its own into a smaller atom.

Superconductor

Chemistry; General chemistry

A metal, alloy, ceramic, or other material that can conduct an electric current with almost no resistance.

Lavoisier

Chemistry; General chemistry

French scientist who wrote the first chemistry text-book in 1789.He showed that air is a mixture of gases.

Reactant

Chemistry; General chemistry

A chemical element or a chemical compound that takes part in a chemical reaction,especially one that is present at the start of a reaction.

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