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Chapter 3 Vocabulary: Jake Sherman Chemistry PAP-F

The document contains definitions of important chemistry vocabulary terms from Chapter 3, including: 1) The law of conservation of mass, the law of definite proportions, and the law of multiple proportions which describe how elements combine in chemical reactions. 2) Key terms related to atoms such as protons, neutrons, electrons, and nuclear forces. 3) Terms including atomic number, isotope, ion, and nuclide which describe the makeup and structure of atoms. 4) Units used to describe the mass and amount of substances such as unified atomic mass unit, average atomic mass, mole, molar mass, and Avogadro's number.

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Chapter 3 Vocabulary: Jake Sherman Chemistry PAP-F

The document contains definitions of important chemistry vocabulary terms from Chapter 3, including: 1) The law of conservation of mass, the law of definite proportions, and the law of multiple proportions which describe how elements combine in chemical reactions. 2) Key terms related to atoms such as protons, neutrons, electrons, and nuclear forces. 3) Terms including atomic number, isotope, ion, and nuclide which describe the makeup and structure of atoms. 4) Units used to describe the mass and amount of substances such as unified atomic mass unit, average atomic mass, mole, molar mass, and Avogadro's number.

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Jake Sherman Chemistry PAP- F

Chapter 3 Vocabulary
1. Law of conservation of mass- the law that states that mass cannot be created or destroyed in ordinary chemical physical changes 2. Law of definite proportions- the law that states that a chemical compound always contains the same elements in exactly the same proportions by weight or mass 3. Law of multiple proportions- the law that states that when two elements combine to form two or more compounds the mass of one element that combines with a given mass of the other is in the ratio of small whole numbers 4. Atom- the smallest unit of an element that maintains the chemical properties of that element 5. Proton- a positively charged particle in the nucleus of an atom (all nucleuses are made of at least one proton) 6. Neutron- a neutral particle in the nucleus of an atom (all nucleuses are made of at least one neutron) 7. Electron- a negatively charged particle that is occupied in a region that surrounds the nucleus 8. Nuclear forces- the interaction that binds protons and neutrons, protons and protons, and neutrons and neutrons together in a nucleus 9. Atomic number- the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom; the atomic number is the same for all atoms of an element

10.Isotope- an atom that has the same number of protons (or the same atomic number) as other atoms of the same element but that has a different number of neutrons (and thus a different atomic mass) 11.Ion- an atom, radical, or molecule that has gained or lost one or more electrons and has a negative or positive charge 12.Mass number- the sum of the protons and neutrons that make up the nucleus of an atom 13.Nuclide- an atom that is identified by the number of protons and neutrons in its nucleus 14.Unified atomic mass unit- a unit of mass that describes the mass of an atom or molecule; it is exactly 1/12 of the mass of a carbon atom with a mass number of 12 (abbreviation, u) 15.Average atomic mass- the weighted average of the masses of all naturally occurring isotopes of an element 16.Mole- the SI base unit used to measure the amount of a substance whose number of particles is the same as the number of atoms of carbon in exactly 12g of carbon-12 17.Avogadros number- 6.02 x 10^23, the number of atoms or molecules in 1 mol 18.Molar mass- the mass in grams of 1 mol of a substance

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