Chapter 3 Vocab

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Matter with uniform composition

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Pure Substance

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A substance that is a gas but normally a liquid or solid at room temperature.

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vapor

Front

Law stating matter cannot be created or destroyed

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Law of Conservation of Mass

Front

Separation technique with a porous barrier

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filtration

Front

Separation technique involving boiling points

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distillation

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Separation technique forming solid particles from a solution

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crystallization

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Separation technique where parts travel across a surface.

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chromatography

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Chemically broken down into elements:

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compounds

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Law stating a compound consists of the same elements in fixed proportions.

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Law of definite proportions

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When two elements form multiple compounds, the masses of one element that combine with a fixed mass of the other are in small whole number ratios.

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Law of Multiple Proportions