Chemistry Terms - F-I

a unit of electrical charge widely used in electrochemistry and equal to ~ 96,500 coulombs. It represents 1 mol of electrons.

mass of a substance altered is proportional to electricity transferred, mass of element altered is proportional to element's weight

number of cycles per unit of time. Unit: 1 hertz = 1 cycle per 1 second

battery made up of electrochemical with two different metals connected by salt bridge

particles that fill their container though have no definite shape or volume

the chemistry of and chemical composition of the Earth

Group 17 on the Periodic Table and are all non-metals

compounds that do not contain carbon, though there are exceptions (see main article)

a part of chemistry concerned with inorganic compounds

material that resists the flow of electric current

a molecule that has gained or lost one or more electrons

lectrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions

The breaking up of a compound into separate ions

an international federation of National Adhering Organizations that represents chemists in individual countries