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covalent compound
Chemistry; General chemistry
A compound made of molecules - not ions. The atoms in the compound are bound together by shared electrons. Also called a molecular compound.
law
Chemistry; General chemistry
Natural laws summarize patterns that recur in a large amount of data. Unlike human laws, natural laws don't forbid or permit; they describe.
soap
Chemistry; General chemistry
A salt of a fatty acid . For example, sodium stearate is a soap made by neutralizing stearic acid. Commercial soaps are mixtures of fatty acid salts.
ampere
Chemistry; General chemistry
The SI unit of electric current , equal to flow of 1 coulomb of charge per second. An ampere is the amount of current necessary to produce a force of 0.2 micronewtons per meter between two ...
ethyl
Chemistry; General chemistry
A molecular fragment produced by removing a hydrogen atom from ethane (CH3-CH3). For example, ethyl chloride is CH3-CH2-Cl.
nucleotide
Chemistry; General chemistry
A molecule which is a basic building block of nucleic acids and which plays a key role in energy transfer in biochemical reactions. Nucleotides consist of a five-carbon sugar, a heterocyclic ...
trigonal pyramidal
Chemistry; General chemistry
A molecular shape that results when there are three bonds and one lone pair on the central atom in the molecule. NH3 is a trigonal pyramidal molecule.
