A | B |
organic chem | study of carbon compounds |
inorganic chem | study of non-carbon compounds |
analytical chem | study of composition of substances |
physical chem | study of behavior of substances |
biochemistry | chemistry of life |
chemistry | study of matter and changes in matter |
matter | has mass and takes up space |
mass | amount of matter in a substance |
pure substance | contain only 1 kind of matter |
physical property | quality that can be observed w/o changing the substance |
gas | fast moving particles |
solid | very slow moving particles |
liquid | intermediate energy particles |
physical change | change w/o altering the material |
mixture | physical blend of two or more substances |
heterogeneous mixture | mixture NOT uniform in composition |
homogeneous mixture | mixture that IS uniform in composition |
phase | a part of a mixture with uniform composition |
distillation | separating out a mixture of liquids |
elements | simplest form of matter |
compound | chemical blend of two or more elements |
chemiscal reaction | substances are chemically changed |
reactants | the starting chemicals in a reaction |
products | the substances made in a reaction |
chemical property | ability to undergo a chemical reaction |
conservation of mass | mass is not created nor destroyed |