Sunday, August 1, 2010

Glossary

exothermic- describes a process or reaction that releases energy usually in the form of heat, but also in the form of light, electricity, or sound.

endothermic-describes a process or reaction that absorbs energy in the form of heat.

Chemical equation-symbolic representation of a chemical reaction where the reactant entities are given on the left hand side and the product entities on the right hand side.

Reagent-a substance or compound that is added to a system in order to bring about a chemical reaction or is added to see if a reaction occurs.

Chemical synthesis-purposeful execution of chemical reactions to get a product, or several products.

Chemical decomposition- the separation of a chemical compound into elements or simpler compounds.

Redox-describes all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state) changed.

chloride-A binary compound of chlorine

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