Chemistry Key Word Meanings

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What is a element?
a substance that is made entirely from one type of atom.
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What is a compound?
a substance formed when two or more chemical elements are chemically bonded together.
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What is a mixture?
a material system made up of two or more different substances which are mixed but are not combined chemically.
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What is a Ion?
an atom or molecule with a net electric charge due to the loss or gain of one or more electrons.
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What is a Atom?
the smallest particle of a chemical element that can exist.
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What is a Molecule?
a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.
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What is a Particle?
a minute portion of matter.
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What is a Alloy?
A mixture of different metals.
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What is Addition polymerisation?
One long single molecule is made from many short chain monomers.
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What is Polymerization?
is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains or three-dimensional networks.
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