Chemistry Definitions

2. The process that uses ammonia and a platinum catalyst to produce nitric acid.
6. A hydrocarbon that contains at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond
9. An attraction between two nuclei and a shared pair of electrons in two non-metal atoms
11. compounds with the same molecular formula but a different structural formula
13. A giant network of atoms held together by covalent bonds. They have very high melting and boiling points.
14. The industrial method of ammonia production using an iron catalyst
16. the liquid in which the solute dissolves

1. Atoms with the same atomic number but different mass numbers, due to a difference in the number of neutrons present in the atoms
3. an insoluble solid (salt) produced by a chemical reaction
4. A hydrocarbon that has only single carbon-to-carbon bonds
5. the time taken for the activity or mass of a radioactive element to drop by half
7. the substance produced when a solute dissolves in a solvent
8. A series of compounds with similar chemical properties that can be represented with a general formula
10. A naturally occurring metal compound
12. the substance that is dissolved in the solvent
13. Small molecules where the atoms are held together by covalent bonds and only weak attratctions form between the molecules
15. A homologous series with the general formula CnH2n+2