| Question | Answer | 
| Definitions As | Definitions for As Chemistry | 
| UNIT 1 | ...... | 
| Amount Structure | ...... | 
| Atomic Number | Number of protons in the nucleus of an atom | 
| Mass Number | Total number of the protons and neutrons in the nucleus of one atom of an element | 
| 1st Ionisation Energy | Is the energy required to remove one mole of electrons from one mole of gaseous atoms | 
| 2nd Ionsation energy | The energy required to remove one mole of electrons from one mole gaseous +1ions | 
| Amount of substance | .... | 
| Relative atom mass | The average mass of an atom of an element compared to one-twelfth of the mass of an atom of carbon-12 | 
| Relative molecular mass | The mass of one molecule of the compound relative to one-twelfth of the mass of an atom | 
| Mole | The amount of substance in grams that contains as many particles (atoms, molecules, ions, electrons) as there are atoms in 12 g of carbon 12 | 
| Avogadro Constant | Is the number of particles in one mole of any substance. It is equal to 6.023x10 23 | 
| Molar Mass | The mass of one mole of an element or a compound | 
| Molarity | The concentration of a solution with units of mol dm-3 | 
| Empirical Formula | The simplest whole number ratio of atoms of each element in a compound | 
| Molecular Formula | The actual number of atoms of each element in a compound | 
| Bonding | ..... | 
| Ionic Bonding | Electrostatic force of attraction between two oppositely charged ions in a lattice. Ions are formed by electron transfer | 
| Covalent Bonding | Atoms bound by a shared pair of electrons | 
| Co-ordinate Bonding | Dative covalent bonding where the shared pair of electrons in a covalent bond is donated by a single atom | 
| Metallic bonding | electrostatic forces of attraction between cations in a lattice and the de-localised electrons between them | 
| Dipole-Dipole | The intermolecular forces between two polar molecules | 
| Van Der Waals (Induced Dipole-Dipole or London forces) | The intermolecular forces between non-polar molecules e.g. Cl-Cl | 
| Hydrogen Bonding | The intermolecular bonding between Hydrogen and either Oxygen, Fluorine or Nitrogen through the electrostatic attraction between the unshielded hydrogen proton and the lone pair on each of O, F or N | 
| Electronegativity | The relative attraction atoms have for the shared pair of electrons in a covalent bond | 
| Intro to Organic Chem | ...... | 
| Functional Group | Is an atom or group of atoms that gives the organic compound its characteristic chemical properties | 
| Homologous Series | A series of compounds of similar structure in which each member differs from the next by a common repeating unit, CH2 | 
| Positional Isomerism | The molecular formula and functional group are the same, but the position of the functional group is different | 
| Chain Isomerism | The molecular formula and functional group are the same, but the arrangement of the carbon atoms is different | 
| Functional Group Isomerism | The molecular formula is the same, but the functional group is different | 
| Chain Isomerism (Branch chain isomers) | The molecular formula is the same, but the hydrocarbon chain is arranged differently | 
| Structural Isomerism | The same molecular but the structural formula is different | 
| Alkanes | .... | 
| Saturated Hydrocarbon | A hydrocarbon that contains single bonds only | 
| Unsaturated Hydrocarbon | A hydrocarbon that contains at least one carbon-carbon double bond | 
| UNIT 2 | ...... | 
| Energetics | ........ | 
| Hess' Law | If a reaction may occur by more than one route the energy change is the same regardless of the route taken | 
| Mean Bond Enthalpy | The energy required to break one mole of covalent bonds between two given atoms averaged across a range of compounds | 
| Kinetics | ............ | 
| Activation Energy | Activation energy is the minimum energy required for a reaction to occur | 
| Catalyst | A catalyst is a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction but is itself unchanged at the end of the reaction | 
| First Law of Thermodynamics | Energy can be neither created nor destroyed but it can be converted from one form to another | 
| Standard Enthalpy Changes | Standard enthalpy changes refer to energy changes under conditions of constant pressure | 
| The standard enthalpy of formation | The standard enthalpy of formation is the enthalpy change when 1 mole of a compound is formed from its elements in their standard states under standard conditions | 
| Standard enthalpy of combustion | The enthalpy change when 1 mole of a substance is completely burned in oxygen under standard conditions | 
| Standard enthalpy of neutralisation | The enthalpy change when 1 mole of water is formed when an acid neutralises an alkali under standard conditions | 
| Equilibra | ......... | 
| Le Chatelier's Principle | The equilibrium position will shift to oppose any change in conditions | 
| Dynamic Equilibrium | Equilibrium where the reaction is: continuous in both directions, same rate when the reaction is both forward and backwards and has relative concentrations of reactants and products that remain constant | 
| Redox | .......... | 
| Oxidation State | The hypothetical charge on an atom in a species when that species, irrespective of the nature of bonding, is regarded as totally ionic | 
| Oxidising Agent | Electron Acceptors | 
| Reducing Agents | Electron Donors | 
| Oxidation | Oxidation is loss of electrons | 
| Reduction | Is the gain of electrons | 
| Halogens | ........ | 
| Disproportionation | A reaction in which a species becomes both oxidised and reduced | 
| Haloalkanes | .................... | 
| Homolytic Fission | The electrons from a covalent bond are shared when the bond breaks | 
| Free radical | A reactive intermediate which results from homolytic fission | 
| Nucleophile | A species that can donate a lone pair of electrons on bond formation | 
| Electrophile | An electron deficient species which accepts a pair of electrons on bond formation | 
| Alkenes | .............. | 
| Positional Isomerism | The molecular formula are the same, but the position of the double bond is different | 
| Stereoisomerism | The same molecular and structural formula, but a different orientation in space | 
| Geometric Isomers | The two stereoisomers have the structural formula but the bonds are arranged differently in space | 
| Carbocation | A very reactive intermediate with a positive change on a carbon atom | 
| Alcohols | ................ | 
| Biofuel | A fuel derived or produced from renewable biological sources | 
| Analytical Techniques | ...................... | 
| Molecular ion | An ion formed in mass spectrometer which is the result of ionisation, but not fragmentation of the molecule | 
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