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General chemistry

radioactive

Chemistry; General chemistry

Substance containing an element which decays.

charge

Chemistry; General chemistry

Describes an object's ability to repel or attract other objects. Protons have positive charges while electrons have negative charges. Like charges repel each other while opposite charges, such as ...

chemical changes

Chemistry; General chemistry

Processes or events that have altered the fundamental structure of something.

reactants

Chemistry; General chemistry

Substances initially present in a chemical reaction.

reduction reaction

Chemistry; General chemistry

A reaction in which a substance gains at least one electron.

salts

Chemistry; General chemistry

Ionic compounds that can be formed by replacing one or more of the hydrogen ions of an acid with another positive ion.

shells

Chemistry; General chemistry

Where the electrons generally are. These shells are composed of 4 types of electron subshells: s, p, d and f subshells.

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