IGCSE Glossary
There are 9 entries in this glossary.Glossaries
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Calorimeter |
Glossaries - GCSE chemistry
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A vessel or piece of apparatus that is used to determine energy changes involved in a chemical reaction. At it's simplest it could be a tin can. More sophisticated versions will be insulated to prevent heat loss.
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catalyst |
Glossaries - GCSE chemistry
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A substance that can be added to a reaction to increase the rate of reaction without being used up.
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cathode |
Glossaries - GCSE chemistry
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the negative electrode in an electrolysis circuit
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Chloroethene dot and cross |
Glossaries - GCSE chemistry
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Chloroethene image |
Glossaries - GCSE chemistry
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Chloroethene is also known as Vinyl Chloride. Vinyl chloride is used to make the polymer poly vinyl chloride ( PVC)
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concentration |
Glossaries - GCSE chemistry
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The concentration of a solution can be measured in a number of ways: when considering concentration we will use the measure of moles/dm3 solution.
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strength of solution |
copper (I) oxide |
Glossaries - GCSE chemistry
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copper I oxide |
copper (II) chloride |
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Cytoplasm |
Glossaries - GCSE chemistry
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The gelatinous substance that fills a cell and that the organelles are suspended in. It is made mainly of water, salts and organic substances.
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