F332 terms

There's a vast majority of terms that the exam board will want you to recall state or explain, these are meanings for terms of new terms introduced to you in F332 but it is important not to forget the terms of F331 as well

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When a halogenoalkane is hydrolysed (hydrolysis) this means
decomposition of a chemical compound by reaction with water
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Substitution is when...
there is a reaction in which an atom or group of atoms is replaced by another atom or group of atoms
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A nucleophile is...
a species that donates an electron pair to form a chemical bond in a reaction
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The activation enthalpy is...
minimum energy needed to cause a chemical reaction
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The dynamic equilibrium is....
a chemical equilibrium between a forward reaction and the reverse reaction where the rate of reactions are equal
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Homolytic fission is...
two electrically uncharged
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Heterolytic fission is...
breaking of a covalent bond in a compound in which the two fragments are a positively charged cation and negatively charged anion
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an elimination reaction is when
a molecule decomposes to two different molecules
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Addition polymerisation is....
a chemical reaction in which simple molecules (monomers) are added to each other to form long chain molecules (polymers) without by products
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an electrophile is...
a reagent that forms a bond in its reaction partner (nucleophile) by accepting both electrons from the reaction partner
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A carbocation is...
an ion with a positively charged carbon atom
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A thermoplastic (thermosoftening) is....
a type of plastic that can be softened by heat and hardened by cooling and then softened by heat again-no crosslinks
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A thermoset is..
a type of plastic permanently hardened by cooling-heavily cross linked
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A co polymer is
a polymer made by reaction of two different monomers
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An addition reaction is...
a reaction in which the atoms of an element or compound react with a double bond in an organic solvent by opening up the double bonds and becoming attached to it
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Substitution is when...

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there is a reaction in which an atom or group of atoms is replaced by another atom or group of atoms

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A nucleophile is...

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The activation enthalpy is...

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The dynamic equilibrium is....

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megan

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some of the questions have only half of the answers in :/

Lorna Mashongamhende

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you're right thanks, :) i'll edit them tonight

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