CHM 141H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chemical Equation, Chemical Formula, Centrifugation
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Pure substances: element: a pure substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances by any chemical process, compound, pure substance composed of two of more elements bonded together in fixed proportions. It can be broken down into individual elements by chemical means. Mixtures: homogeneous, components are distributed uniformly throughout the sample and have no visible boundaries or regions, also called a solution, heterogeneous: components are not distributed uniformly and may have distinct regions of different composition. Chemical reactions: the transformation of one or more substances into different substances, chemical equation, use chemical formulas to express the identities of substances involved in a reaction, use coefficients to indicated quantities of substances involved in a reaction. Law of constant composition: all samples of a particular compound contain the same elements combined in the same proportions. Compounds: some compounds consist of positively or negatively charged particles called ions, cations: positively charged ions, anions: negatively charged ions.