Chemistry Terms - D and E

substances that absorb water from the atmosphere to form liquid solutions

settling of particles within a solution or mixture

electric or magnetic separation of charge

sharing of two pairs of electrons

a solution that conducts a certain amount of current and can be split categorically as weak and strong electrolytes

using a chemical reaction's current, electromotive force is made

a type of wave that can go through vacuums as well as material and classified as a self-propagating wave

fields that have electric charge and electric properties that change the way that particles move and interact

a device that gains energy as electric charges pass through it

a subatomic particle with a net charge that is negative

a measured property (coulombs) that determines electromagnetic interaction

an atom that is defined by its atomic number

the amount of energy not available for work in a closed thermodynamic system (usually symbolized as S)

a protein that speeds up (catalyses) a reaction