Celsius Scale of Temperature

The Celsius scale of temperature, is the scale named after the Swedish astronomer Andes Celsius, where the temperature range between the melting point at standard pressure of ice and the boiling point of water has been divided into 100 degrees. The melting point of ice is taken as zero degrees and written as 0 degC. The boiling point of water is therefore taken as 100 degrees and written as 100 degC.


Cement (Portland Cement)

Portland cement, so called because after setting it resembles Portland stone, is made by heating a mixture of lime stone and clay, which is then ground to a fine powder. Limestone containing more than 5 per cent of clay on burning forms a lime, which gives a hydraulic mortar (i.e. cement) which hardens under water.


Ceramics

Ceramics are inorganic materials, such as pottery, enamels and refractories.


Chain

A chain is a linear combination of the same type of atom in a molecule. In straight chain molecules, the atoms are arranged in a line, with each atom in the chain linked to one preceding atom and one succeeding atom of the same type. In branched chain molecules, groups are attached to a central straight chain, and the group is called a side chain. A closed chain molecule is a chain where the atoms are linked in a ring structure; otherwise, the molecule has an open chain molecule.


Chain Reaction

A chain reaction is a multi-step sequence of chemical reactions in which a product of the first step is used as a reagent in the second step, and a product of the second step is used as a reagent in the third step, etc.. In general, chain reactions are free radical reactions.

For example, the reaction of bromine with methane in the presence of light is an example of a chain reaction. The mechanism by which the reaction proceeds is as follows.

The first step is called the Initiation of the reaction.
The absorption of light breaks the covalent bond holding together the bromine atoms together in the bromine molecule and produces free bromine atoms (i.e. bromine free radicals, Br*).

Br2 ==> Br* + Br* (1)

The Propagation of the Reaction
involves repeating steps (2) and (3), where the bromine free radical then removes a hydrogen atom from a molecule of methane to produce a methyl free radical and a molecule of hydrogen bromide.

Br* + CH4 ==> CH3* + HBr (2)

The methyl radical then attacks a bromine molecule to produce a molecule of methyl bromide and to regenerate a bromine free radical, which proceeds to react as in step (2).

CH3* + Br2 ==> CH3Br + Br* (3)

The Termination of the Reaction

is the final step and results when these steps can are stopped by the chance recombination of free radicals as in (4).

	Br*	+	CH3*	==>	CH3Br			(4)	or	
	Br*	+	Br*	==>	Br2	
or	
	CH3*	+	CH3*	==>	C2H6	


Chaos

Chaos is the widely diverse range of behaviour which non-linear dynamic systems exhibit under different initial conditions.


Charle's Law

Charle's Law is the empirical relationship, which states that which states that for an ideal gas at constant pressure, its volume is proportional to its absolute temperature.

This relationship applies to ideal gases only. Real gases deviate considerable form this ideal relationship.

It is called after Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles


Chemical Bonds

Chemical bonds are the forces that hold atoms together in a molecule are called chemical bonds.

A Chemical Bond is the attractive force between two atoms in a molecule. These bonds keep the molecule intact as an entity.

In 1916AD, the two kinds of chemical bonds which were known were described as the Ionic Bond by Walter Kossel (Germany) and the Covalent Bond by G.N.Lewis (University of California).

These ionic and covalent bonds arise from the tendency of atoms to attain a stable configuration of electrons for each atom in a molecule, by either the transfer or the sharing of electrons between atoms. Because a molecule consists of at least two atoms with positively charges nuclei and negatively electronic clouds about these atoms, there are electrostatic interactions between the various particles of the atoms in the molecule.


Chemical Oxygen Demand

The chemical oxygen demand is the quantity of oxygen required to destructively oxidise the organic matter in a sample. It is expressed in mg COD per Liter.


Chemical Change

A chemical change is a process which results in the production of one or more new materials. The system within which the process takes place is called a chemical system. A chemical change is also known as a chemical reaction, where one substance is converted into one or more different substances. When sodium and chlorine react to produce sodium chloride, a chemical reaction has taken place.


Chemical Equilibrium

Chemical equilibrium is a state of dynamic equilibrium is set up when the rate of the forward reaction is equal to the rate of the back reaction.


Chemical Formula

A chemical formula shows the number and types of atoms that are present in a molecule.


Chemical Symbol

A chemical symbol is assigned to every element, which represents one atom (occasionally, one mole) of that element. The symbols of the elements which were known in earlier days were derived from Latin names. Many of the initial letters of the elements; others have a second letter where there is more than one starting with the small letter. Example include
			
	Hydrogen		H	
	Helium		He	
	Lithium		Li	
	Sodium		Na


Chloro-Organics

The simplest type of chloro-organic compounds are the chloroalkanes, which find extensive use as solvents in industry.

	Chloromethane, 		CH3l	
	Dichloromethane, 		CH2Cl2, (i.e. Methylene Chloride)	
	Chloroform, 		CHCl3	
	Carbon Tetrachloride, 	CCl4	
	1,2-Dichloroethane, 	CH2ClCH2Cl	
	1,1-Dichloroethane, 	CHCl2CH3


Chromatography

Chromatography is a technique for analysing or separating mixtures of gases, liquids, or dissolved substances. In general, all types of chromatography involve two distinct phases, (a) a stationary phase (i.e. the adsorbent material) and (b) moving phase (i.e. the eluting solvent). The separation depends on competition for molecules of sample between the moving phase and the stationary phase.

Adsorption Chromatography
is a technique for the separation and analysis of mixtures of gases, liquids, or dissolved substances. In the case of liquid adsorption chromatography, a vertical glass tube is packed with an adsorbing material, (e.g. Alumina, Al2O3, or Silica Gel, SiO2), the sample is poured onto the top of the column and then continuously transported down through the column with a solvent, in a process called Elution.

Different components of the sample are adsorbed to different extents and move down the column at different rates. The usual method is to collect the liquid (i.e. the eluatent) in fractions, as it passes out from the column.

Column Chromatography
is the oldest chromatographic technique. The apparatus consists of a glass tube (approximately about 20mm ( 250mm) which has a glass frit at the bottom of the tube and a stopcock. A thin layer of coarse, clean sand is placed over the frit, and the chosen adsorbent (usually alumina or silica) is then placed in the tube as a slurry.

The sample under analysis (i.e. the mixture) is poured into the top of the column and continuously washed through with an eluting solvent. Fractions are collected. As the mixture is passed through the column, its components separate into zones of material (i.e. bands) with a space between each zone. A band represents a fraction of homogeneous material (i.e. either a pure compound or a group of compounds behaving as a single compound on the adsorbent).

Gas Liquid Chromatography, GLC,
is the experimental technique used to separate volatile materials for analysis.

High Performance Liquid Chromatography, HPLC,
is the chromatographic technique for separating and analysing mixtures of substances, using a packed column containing microsperes coated with the stationary phase and where the mobile phase is pumped through the column with a high pressure pump. The emergence of each component of the sample under analysis from the column is monitored using one of a number of different detectors.

Paper Chromatography
is a technique for analysing mixtures by chromatography, in which the stationary phase is the layer of water on the absorbent paper. After the mixture has been spotted at the bottom of the paper, solvent is allowed to rise up the paper by capillary action to some arbitrary height. The paper is then dried, and the individual components are identified by physical (e.g. ultraviolet light) or chemical (e.g. some chemical spray) methods.

Thin Layer Chromatography, TLC,
is the chromatographic technique for separating and analysing mixtures of substances, using a thin layer of stationary phase attached to a glass plate and using the passage of liquid up the plate by capillary action as the mobile phase.


Cis-Trans Isomerism

As well as the structural isomerism, which was illustrated in the alkane series, a new type of isomerism is possible in the alkene series. There is not free rotation about the carbon to carbon double bond, and therefore there are two distinct isomers possible, depending on the layout of the groups attached to the carbons involved in the double bond.


cisButene         C4H8                                                 
                                            H3C    CH3          
                                                 C=C          
                                              H      H          


trans-Butene C4H8		
				               H3C	 H	
                                       C=C	
					  H	 CH3	

The cis-isomer and the trans-isomers are distinct chemical compounds and they have different physical properties and chemical properties.


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