CHEMISTRY - definitions 2

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Chemical Definitions 2
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Catalyst
changes the rate of a chemical reaction without being used up or changed chemically (so can be used multiple times, but eventually become poisoned with impurities) - they provide an alternative reacton pathway with a lower activation energy
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Reversible Reaction
a reaction in which the products can react together to form the original reactants
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Carbon Footprint
the total amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas a product, service or event emmits over its full life cycle
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Finite Resources
resources being used up at a faster rate than they can be replaced - eventually they will run out
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Renewable Resources
resources that can eb replaced at the same rate that they are used
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Sustainability
"developments that meet the needs of society now without endangerng the ability of future generations to meet their needs"
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Potable Water
water that is safe tod rink - but it is not pure waterbecause it contains dissolved substances
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Fresh Water
contains dissolved minerals
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Methods of Extracting Copper
phytomining, bioleaching, scrap iorn, electrolysys
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Phytomining
growing plants in soil that contain low-grade copper ore, thew plants absorb the copper ions and can then be burnt and the copper extracted from compounds in the ash
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Bioleaching
bacteria is used to produce a solution of copper compounds (leachate) from waste copper ore
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Scrap Iron
can be added to solutions of copper compounds to displace the copper
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Electrolysis (to extract copper)
can be usd to extract copper from solutions of copper compounds
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Life Cycle Assesments (LCA)
used to asses the impact on the environment caused by manufacturing products
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Stages of an LCA
raw material extraction --> manufacture --> use/reuse/maintenance --> recycle/waste management
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changes the rate of a chemical reaction without being used up or changed chemically (so can be used multiple times, but eventually become poisoned with impurities) - they provide an alternative reacton pathway with a lower activation energy

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Catalyst

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a reaction in which the products can react together to form the original reactants

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the total amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas a product, service or event emmits over its full life cycle

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resources being used up at a faster rate than they can be replaced - eventually they will run out

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