A salt is a compound formed when some or all of the hydrogen in an acid is replaced by a metal (or by an ammonium ion). For example, potassium nitrate, KNO_(3) (from nitric acid).
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What is saturated hydrocarbon?
Describes a hydrocarbon that contains as many hydrogen atoms as possible in each molecule.
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What is scale (limescale)?
Th insoluble substance formed when temporary hard water is boiled.
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What is scum?
Th precipitate formed when soap reacts with calcium and/or magnesium ions in hard water.
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What is shape memory alloy?
Mixture of metals which respond to changes in temperature.
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What is a shell (or energy level)?
An area in an atom, around its nucleus, where the electrons are found.
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What is a smart polymer?
Polymers that change in response to changes in their environment.
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What is smelting?
Heating a metal ore in order to extract its metal.
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What is soapless detergent?
A cleaning agent that does not produce a scum when used with hard water.
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What is soft water?
Water containing no dissolved calcium and/or magnesium salts, so it easily forms a lather with soap.
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What is stainless steel?
A chromium-nickel alloy of steel which does not rust.
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What is state symbol?
The abbreviations used in balanced symbol equations to show if reactants and products are solid (s), liquid (l), gas (g) or dissolved in water (aq).
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What is steel?
An alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon or other metals, such as nickel and chromium, added.
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What are strong acids?
Acids that ionise completely in aqueous solutions.
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What s sulfur dioxide?
A toxic gas whose formula is SO_2. It causes acid rain.
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What is saturated hydrocarbon?
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Describes a hydrocarbon that contains as many hydrogen atoms as possible in each molecule.
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