BSL Glossary - Chemistry curriculum terms

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acid acid pH alkali alkali pH corrosive detergent dilute acid hydrochloric acid indicator neutral neutralisation nitric acid oxide pH pH paper pH scale potassium hydroxide salt sodium hydroxide spectator ion universal indicator
alcohol alkanol
atom atomic mass atomic number atoms atoms joined together bond brittle compound conduct conductivity covalent bond crystal density diamond diatomic molecule electrical conductivity electron electron arrangement element graphite group ion isotope mass number molecule neutral (electrically) neutron noble gas non-metal nucleus outer electron oxygen particle periodic table polar covalent bond properties proton relative atomic mass solubility
Benedict's solution fructose glucose iodine solution maltose monosaccharide sucrose sugar
alkanoic acid carbon dioxide
burette concentration dilute solution insoluble lime water method precipitation reaction soluble solute solution solvent test tube titration titre
catalyst chemical change chemical reaction endothermic exothermic non-reversible physical change product reactant reaction reactive reactivity series reversible variable
coat coating corrosion galvanise physical barrier rust indicator rusting tarnish
essential element Haber process nitrogen Ostwald process root nodule
balanced equation chemical symbol ion equation mole state symbol sulphite sulphur dioxide/sulfur dioxide word equation
biogas cracking crude oil flammable fossil fuel fraction fuel hydrocarbon methane natural gas refining unsaturated hydrocarbon viscosity
alkane alkene alkyne bromine solution carbon combustion dehydration flash point general formula homologous ketone octane number structural formula
alloy blast furnace cell electrolysis chemical equation conduct delocalised electron displacement electrode electrolysis electrolyte extraction fuel cell iron magnesium metal negative terminal ore oxidation positive terminal redox reaction reduction reaction
addition polymer biodegradable condensation polymer fibre monomer plastic polymer polymerisation synthetic thermoplastic thermoset
boiling boiling point freezing freezing point gas liquid matter melting melting point solid
dissolve distillation evaporation filtration mixture separation
air chemistry compression condensation flame-proofing food additive greenhouse effect medicine pesticide saturated fat stain-proofing temperature toxic unit unsaturated fat
 

Chemistry signs from Environmental Science

Theme 3: Energy Resources and Sustainability

Plum pudding model Nuclear model of the atom Relative charge Subatomic particles
Cement Concrete High Thermal mass building materials lime (building material) Limecrete limestone Rammed earth sand (building material)
Directional drilling Embodied energy Energy density Energy resources Fuel Horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) High Thermal mass building materials Hydraulic fracturing Hydrogen economy In-stream turbines Laser fusion Nuclear fission Nuclear fuel Nuclear fusion Oil shales Photovoltaic (PV) Plutonium reactors Power to gas systems (P2G) Primary fuel Primary oil recovery Secondary fuel Secondary oil recovery Tar sands Tertiary oil recovery Thorium reactor Toroidal reactor Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) Vehicle to grid system (V2G) Hydrodynamics Kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) Pantograph Photothermal
Dose Hazard Random Risk Risk:benefit analysis Tracer Irradiation
Bioaccumulation Biomagnification Contact action (pesticide) Organochlorines Organophosphate pesticide
Bioaccumulation Biomagnification Contact action (pesticide) Chemical Contamination Dose Encapsulation Organochlorines Organophosphate pesticide Tracer Hazard Particulates Random Risk Risk:benefit analysis Synergism Irradiation Degradability Active traffic management (ATM) Aerodynamics Constant descent angle Reverse thrusters Smart motorways/ Active traffic management (ATM)
Latent heat Particle model Sublimate

A-Z of Chemistry signs

acid acid pH Active traffic management (ATM) addition polymer Aerodynamics alcohol air alkali alkali pH alkane alkanoic acid alkanol alkene alkyne alloy atom atomic mass atomic number atoms atoms joined together
balanced equation Benedict's solution Bioaccumulation biodegradable biogas Biomagnification blast furnace boiling boiling point bond brittle bromine solution burette
carbon carbon dioxide catalyst cell electrolysis Cement chemical change Chemical Contamination chemical equation chemical reaction chemical symbol chemistry coat coating combustion compression compound concentration Concrete condensation condensation polymer conduct conductivity Constant descent angle Contact action (pesticide) corrosion corrosive covalent bond cracking crude oil crystal
Degradability dehydration delocalised electron density detergent diamond diatomic molecule dilute acid dilute solution Directional drilling displacement dissolve distillation Dose
electrical conductivity electrode electrolysis electrolyte electron electron arrangement element Embodied energy Encapsulation endothermic Energy density Energy resources evaporation essential element exothermic extraction
fibre filtration flame-proofing flammable flash point food additive fossil fuel fraction freezing freezing point fructose fuel fuel cell
galvanise gas general formula glucose graphite greenhouse effect group
Haber process Hazard High Thermal mass building materials homologous Horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) Hydraulic fracturing hydrocarbon hydrochloric acid Hydrodynamics Hydrogen economy
indicator insoluble In-stream turbines iodine solution ion ion equation iron Irradiation isotope
ketone Kinetic energy recovery system (KERS)
Laser fusion Latent heat lime (building material) lime water Limecrete limestone liquid
magnesium maltose matter mass number medicine melting melting point metal methane method mixture mole molecule monomer monosaccharide
natural gas negative terminal neutral (electrically) neutral neutralisation neutron nitric acid nitrogen noble gas non-metal non-reversible Nuclear fission Nuclear fuel Nuclear fusion Nuclear model of the atom nucleus
octane number Oil shales ore Organochlorines Organophosphate pesticide Ostwald process outer electron oxidation oxide oxygen
Pantograph particle Particle model Particulates periodic table pesticide pH pH paper pH scale Photothermal Photovoltaic (PV) physical barrier physical change plastic Plum pudding model Plutonium reactors polar covalent bond polymer polymerisation positive terminal potassium hydroxide Power to gas systems (P2G) precipitation reaction Primary fuel Primary oil recovery product properties proton
Rammed earth Random reactant reaction reactive reactivity series redox reaction reduction reaction refining relative atomic mass Relative charge Reverse thrusters reversible Risk Risk:benefit analysis root nodule rust indicator rusting
salt sand (building material) saturated fat Secondary fuel Secondary oil recovery separation Smart motorways/ Active traffic management (ATM) sodium hydroxide solid solubility soluble solute solution solvent spectator ion stain-proofing state symbol structural formula Subatomic particles Sublimate sucrose sugar sulphite sulphur dioxide/sulfur dioxide Synergism synthetic
Tar sands tarnish temperature Tertiary oil recovery test tube thermoplastic thermoset Thorium reactor titration titre Toroidal reactor toxic Tracer
unit universal indicator unsaturated fat unsaturated hydrocarbon
variable Vehicle to grid system (V2G) Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT) viscosity
word equation