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6.10: End of Chapter Key Terms

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    Physical and Chemical Reactions Key Terms

    1. Physical Change: A change in which the form of matter is altered but one substance is not transformed into another, such as changes in state (solid, liquid, gas), shape, or size.
    2. Chemical Change: A change that results in the formation of one or more new substances with different chemical properties and compositions, often involving a chemical reaction.
    3. Chemical Reaction: A process in which substances (reactants) undergo chemical changes to form new substances (products), involving the breaking and forming of chemical bonds.
    4. Reactants: The starting materials in a chemical reaction that undergo change to form products.
    5. Products: The new substances formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
    6. Law of Conservation of Mass: A principle stating that mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction; the mass of the reactants equals the mass of the products.
    7. Exothermic Reaction: A chemical reaction that releases energy to the surroundings, usually in the form of heat.
    8. Endothermic Reaction: A chemical reaction that absorbs energy from the surroundings, usually in the form of heat.
    9. Activation Energy: The minimum amount of energy required to initiate a chemical reaction.
    10. Catalyst: A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process, by lowering the activation energy.
    11. Inhibitor: A substance that decreases the rate of a chemical reaction or prevents it from occurring.
    12. Chemical Equilibrium: A state in which the forward and reverse reactions occur at equal rates, resulting in no net change in the concentrations of reactants and products.
    13. Reversible Reaction: A chemical reaction in which the products can react to reform the reactants.
    14. Irreversible Reaction: A chemical reaction in which the products cannot easily reform the reactants.
    15. Precipitate: An insoluble solid that forms and separates from a solution during a chemical reaction.
    16. Synthesis Reaction: A type of chemical reaction in which two or more substances combine to form a more complex product (A + B → AB).
    17. Decomposition Reaction: A type of chemical reaction in which a single compound breaks down into two or more simpler substances (AB → A + B).
    18. Single Replacement Reaction: A type of chemical reaction in which one element replaces another element in a compound (A + BC → AC + B).
    19. Double Replacement Reaction: A type of chemical reaction in which the ions of two compounds exchange places in an aqueous solution to form two new compounds (AB + CD → AD + CB).
    20. Combustion Reaction: A chemical reaction in which a substance combines with oxygen, releasing energy in the form of heat and light, and producing carbon dioxide and water (usually).
    21. Oxidation: The process in which a substance loses electrons during a chemical reaction.
    22. Reduction: The process in which a substance gains electrons during a chemical reaction.
    23. Redox Reaction: A chemical reaction involving the transfer of electrons from one substance to another, comprising both oxidation and reduction processes.
    24. Chemical Bond: The attractive force that holds atoms or ions together in a compound.
    25. Covalent Bond: A chemical bond formed by the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.
    26. Ionic Bond: A chemical bond formed by the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions.
    27. Bond Energy: The amount of energy required to break one mole of bonds in a substance.
    28. Reaction Rate: The speed at which a chemical reaction occurs, often measured as the change in concentration of reactants or products per unit time.
    29. Concentration: The amount of a substance in a given volume, typically expressed in moles per liter (Molarity, M).
    30. Temperature: A measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance, affecting the reaction rate.
    31. Pressure: The force exerted per unit area, influencing the reaction rate of gases.
    32. Surface Area: The total area of the exposed surface of a solid, affecting the reaction rate.
    33. Equilibrium Constant (K): A numerical value that expresses the ratio of the concentrations of products to reactants at equilibrium for a reversible reaction.
    34. Le Chatelier’s Principle: A principle stating that if a dynamic equilibrium is disturbed by changing the conditions, the position of equilibrium will shift to counteract the change.
    35. Reaction Mechanism: The step-by-step sequence of elementary reactions by which overall chemical change occurs.
    36. Intermediate: A species that appears in some steps of a reaction mechanism but not in the net equation.
    37. Transition State: A high-energy state during a chemical reaction where old bonds are breaking and new bonds are forming.
    38. Chemical Kinetics: The study of the rates of chemical processes and the factors that affect them.
    39. Energy Profile Diagram: A graphical representation of the energy changes that occur during a chemical reaction.

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