Atmospheric pressure

Pressure exerted by the mixture of gases that form the atmosphere. Its value is very large, but as it acts in all directions it is balanced.

Presión atmosférica Atmospheric pressure

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Chemical Glossary Terms

Chemical Terms begining with P

Palladium

Chemical element of Pd symbol, belonging to group 10 of the periodic table, of atomic number 46 and ...

Filter paper.

Porous material that is used to filter. There is a filter paper called ashless which, when calcined,...

Litmus paper

Impregnated tape of the litmus indicator that serves to verify if a solution is acidic or basic. The...

Conjugated pair.

Term that refers to the pair of species: acid and the species that results from the loss of a proton...

Paramagnetism

Property of the substances in which the atoms present a permanent magnetic dipole moment such that t...

Free couple

Valence electrons that are not part of the link. They are also called solitary pairs. Sometimes, wit...

Particle

Basic corpuscular constituent of matter. Posse mass and its dimensions are so small that it can be c...

Pentane

Alcano found in oil. It has three chain isomers: n-pentane, isopentane and neopentane. It is used as...

Pentanol

Alcohol derived from n-pentane that can occur as three different isomers. L-pentanol is a colorless ...

Penteno

L-pentene is a colorless liquid, soluble in alcohol and ether and insoluble in water, which is obtai...

Peptide

Polymer formed by few units of amino acids joined by peptide. The amino acid unit present at one end...

Peroxiacilo

Radical oxidant, of formula CH3COO- 2. With NO2forma peroxycyl nitrate (PAN) that is considered the ...

Atomic weight

Relative weight of an element with respect to another that is chosen as a pattern. The current stand...

Weight.

Force with which the bodies are attracted to the center of the earth with acceleration equal to that...

Petroleum

Mineral oil constituted by hydrocarbons of diverse composition and in very variable proportions acco...

pH (of Hydrogenions factor, written as a phaktore factor).

pH = -log {H +}. Minus the base 10 logarithm of the molar concentration of hydrogen or hydronium ion...

Pycnometer

Glass device, of exactly known volume and weight, which is used to measure the density of solids and...

Pigment

Finely divided opaque solid that is part of the ingredients of a paint and improves the resistance t...

Battery

Device that transforms into electrical energy the one developed in a chemical reaction.

Pipette

Narrow glass tube used to measure small amounts of liquids and transfer them to another glass contai...

Pyrimidine

Heterocyclic compound consisting of a six-membered unsaturated ring containing two nitrogen atoms in...

Pyrite (gr. Pyrites -larr; pyr, fire).

Iron sulphide (FeS2), bright mineral, yellow gold, used in the manufacture of sulfuric acid. Mineral...

Pyrolysis

Decomposition of a substance into simpler substances due to heating in a limited or very limited oxy...

Pyroxenes

They are metasilicates usually iron and magnesium. Its crystallization can be rhombic and is called ...

Plasma

State of matter characterized because all its atoms are ionized, although the system is electrically...

Plastic

Polymeric organic compounds capable of being shaped by the action of pressure and heat. Plastics are...

Silver

Ag element chemical element, belonging to group 11 of the periodic table, of atomic number 47 and at...

Platinum

Chemical element of symbol Pt, belonging to group 10 of the periodic table, of atomic number 78 and ...

Lead

Chemical element of symbol Pb, belonging to group 14 of the periodic table, of atomic number 82 and ...

Plutonium

Chemical element of Pu symbol, belonging to the series of actinides, of atomic number 94. It is a ra...

Link Polarity

Non-uniform distribution of the electronic charge in the link due to the difference in electronegati...

Polarimeter

An instrument that measures the angle that the light has deviated from its original path by passing ...

Atomic polarization

Phenomenon by which a cation and a nearby anion interact electrostatically so that mutual deformatio...

Polyamide

Amide polymer. They are used as synthetic textile fibers formed by long polymer molecules that posse...

Polyvinylchloride

Thermoplastic polymer obtained by polymerization of chloroethene. It is used in the manufacture of d...

Polyester

Synthetic textile fiber formed by long polymer molecules that offer different structures depending o...

Polymerization

Reaction in which macromolecules, the polymers, are obtained from small molecular units. The reactio...

Polymer

Complex molecule, long chain, formed by many units called monomers. The characteristics of the polym...

Poliprotic

Term that refers to all those acids that have more than one replaceable hydrogen. For example, H2SO4...

Polysaccharide

Polymer formed by very long chains of monosaccharides. They are divided into homopolysaccharides and...

Polonium

Po element chemical element, belonging to group 16 of the periodic table, of atomic number 84. It is...

Potassium

Chemical element of symbol K, belonging to group 1 of the periodic table, of atomic number 19 and at...

ppm

Parts per million. Way to measure small concentrations. 300 ppm equals 0.03%. Pre-adaptation Charact...

Precipitation

Chemical reaction consisting of the formation of a solid within a solution. It can be produced by pa...

Precipitate

Substance formed when a solid is deposited at the bottom of a container because a chemical reaction ...

Atmospheric pressure

Pressure exerted by the mixture of gases that form the atmosphere. Its value is very large, but as i...

Vapor pressure

Pressure in which a liquid and its value can coexist in equilibrium, that is, the rate of evaporatio...

Osmotic pressure.

Force per unit area exerted by the solvent on a semipermeable membrane during the osmosis process. S...

Partial pressure

Pressure exerted by a gas and a mixture of ideal gases. Equivalent to what this gas would do if alon...

Pressure.

Strength per unit area. Pressure, the term most commonly applied to gases, is expressed in atmospher...

Principle of avogadro

Principle that indicates that equal volumes of different gases in the same conditions of pressure an...

Principle of conservation of energy

Principle that indicates that energy is constant throughout the universe. It is not created or destr...

Principle of conservation of mass

Pricnipio that establishes that the mass of the reactants is equal to the mass of the products of th...

Pauli's exclusion principle

Principle enunciated by Pauli in 1925 that states that the same atom can not exist two electrons tha...

Begining of uncertainty.

It establishes the physical impossibility of knowing exactly the trajectory of particles like the el...

Principle of Le ChÃ¢telier

Altering an equilibrium system causes the equilibrium position to move in the direction opposite to ...

Reversible process

Chemical reaction or physical change in which products can react to give back the initial substances...

Endothermic process

Reaction or chemical process that absorbs heat. When the enthalpy variation is positive, there has b...

Exothermic process

Reaction or chemical process that releases heat. In a chemical reaction, when the enthalpy variation...

Ionic product.

Multiplication of the actual concentrations of the cation and the anion in equilibrium, raised to th...

Product.

Substance that is formed during a chemical reaction. For example: when mixing a silver nitrate solut...

Promise

Chemical element of symbol Pm, belonging to the series of the lanthanides, of atomic number 61. It i...

Propane

Saturated gaseous hydrocarbon, present in natural gas, obtained from the lowest boiling point fracti...

Periodic property.

Characteristic of an element that varies regularly in the periodic table. Some periodic properties d...

Property.

Characteristic of a substance that contributes to differentiate it from others. These can be: intens...

Protactinium

Chemical element of symbol Pa, belonging to the series of the lanthanides, of atomic number 91. It i...

Protease

Enzyme that breaks peptide bonds, separating proteins and polypeptides. They are also called proteol...

Protein

Natural polymer formed by the union of amino acids by peptide bonds. Proteins play crucial roles in ...

Proteolysis

Chemical or enzymatic decomposition of proteins by breaking the peptide bonds that bind to the const...

Proton

Subatomic particle with a positive charge. The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom is called...

Salt bridge

Inverted U-shaped glass tube containing a solution of a strong stable electrolyte (KCl, NaCl, KNO3) ...

Critical point

Conditions of pressure and temperature from which a gas can not liquefy. The critical point of the w...

Freezing point.

Temperature at which a solid phase and a liquid phase coexist in equilibrium. It applies to both pur...

Boiling point

Temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the outside pressure. If it is 1 atm it i...

Equivalence point

Point of a valuation in which the reaction has been completed.

Melting point

Temperature, at the pressure of 1 atm, in which a pure substance makes the change of state from soli...

Final point.

Moment generally reached in the course of an assessment when the indicator changes color to indicate...

Isoelectric point

PH value at which a charge resulting from a colloid is zero.

Normal boiling point.

Value of the boiling temperature at a pressure of one atmosphere. Normal indicates that its value wa...

Triple point

Coordinate of the phase diagram of a substance that shows values €‹€‹of pressure and tempera...

Purity.

Degree of decontamination of a reagent or product. It is expressed as a percentage: purity = weight ...

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Chemical Terms begining with P

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