chemistry Key Word Definitions (C)

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What is calcium carbonate?
The main compound found in limestone. It is a white solid whose formula is CaCO_3.
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What is calcium hydroxide?
A white solid made by reacting calcium oxide with water. It is used as a cheap alkali in industry.
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What is calcium oxide?
A white solid made by heating limestone strongly, for example, in a lime kiln.
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What is carbon monoxide?
A toxic gas whose formula is CO.
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What is cast iron?
The impure iron taken directly from a blast furnace.
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What is a catalyst?
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction. At the end of the reaction the catalyst remains chemically unchanged.
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What is cement?
A building material made by heating limestone and clay.
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What is chromatography?
The process whereby small amounts of dissolved substances are separated by running a solvent along a material such as absorbent paper.
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Collision theory is...?
An explanation of chemical reactions in terms of reacting particles colliding with sufficient energy for a reaction to take place.
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What is a compound?
A substance made when two or more elements are chemically bonded together. For example, water H_(2)O is a compound made from hydrogen and oxygen.
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What is concrete?
A building material made by mixing cement, sand and aggregate (crushed rock) with water.
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What is a convection current?
The circular motion of matter caused by heating in fluids.
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What is copper-rich ore?
Rock that contains a high proportion of a copper compound.
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The core is...?
The centre of the Earth.
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What is covalent bonding?
The attraction between two atoms that share one or more pairs of electrons.
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What is cracking?
The reaction used in the oil industry to break down large hydrocarbons into smaller, more useful ones. This occurs when the hydrocarbon vapour is either passed over a hot catalyst or mixed with steam and heated to a high temperature.
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The crust is...?
The outer solid layer of the Earth.
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