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Precipitation
Chemistry; General chemistry
Precipitation is the conversion of a dissolved substance into insoluble form by chemical or physical means.
Alkene
Chemistry; General chemistry
A compound that consists of only carbon and hydrogen, that contains at least one carbon-carbon double bond. Alkene names end with -ene. Examples are ethylene (CH2=CH2); 1-propene (CH2=CH2CH3), and ...
Emulsion
Chemistry; General chemistry
A colloid formed from tiny liquid droplets suspended in another, immiscible liquid. Milk is an example of an emulsion.
Neutrino
Chemistry; General chemistry
An elementary particle produced by certain nuclear decay processes. Neutrinos have no charge and extremely small masses compared to other subatomic particles.
Thermocouple
Chemistry; General chemistry
A device that senses temperature changes by using a pair of joined wires made of dissimilar metals that produces a voltage that changes with temperature.
Aldehyde
Chemistry; General chemistry
An aldehyde is an organic compound with a carbon bound to a -(C=O)-H group. Examples are formaldehyde (HCHO), acetaldehyde, CH3CHO, and benzaldehyde, C6H6CHO.
Electron configuration
Chemistry; General chemistry
A list showing how many electrons are in each orbital or subshell . There are several notations. The subshell notation lists subshells in order of increasing energy, with the number of electrons in ...
