On this glossary you can find some basic terms of chemistry.
Boiling Point
Noun
The temperature that an substance needs to get to turn from solid to gas.
Example: The mercury turn into gas when it get on 356,7 degrees.
en: Ponto de Ebulição
Chemical Property
Noun
A property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed.
Example: Combustibility is an important chemical property to consider when choosing building materials.
en: Propriedade Química
Color and luster
Sentence
Colour is the first appearance of a substance. Luster is the way the surface of a substance looks in the light.
Example: Gold is very lustrous and it color is gold.
en: Cor e brilho.
Combustility
Noun
Combustibility is the ability of a substance to react quickly with oxygen to produce heat energy and light.
Example: Used for testing horizontal combustibility of various textile and show with flame spread rate.
en: Combustibilidade
Conductivity
Noun
Conductivity is the ability of a substance to conduct electricity or heat energy. The substance that conducts electricity or heat is called conductor.
Example: The gold is an excellent conductor of electricity, so it have a high conductivity.
en: Condutividade
Crystal Shape
Noun
Is when the particles from a substance line up in a pattern, this way giving the substance sharp edges forming the crystal shape from the object.
Example: The Quartz have a crystal shape, with a smooth surface and edges.
en: Forma cristalina
Density
Noun
Density is the amount of mass in a given volume of a substance.
Example: When the king said to Arquimedes to see if his crown was entire of gold Arquimedes saw that the crown drown in the water in a different way as if the crown was entirely of gold, so then Arquimedes discovered the density.
en: Densidade
Ductility
Any solid that can be stretched into a long wire is said to be ductile.
Example: The ductility of copper allows it to become a thin wire.
en: Ductilidade
Hardness
Noun
Is the condition of an material of being hard.
Example: These alloys are characterized by their extreme hardness.
en: Rigidez.
Malleability
Noun
The property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking.
Example: You change the shape and size from the aluminum paper easily, because it is very malleable.
en: Maleabilidade
Melting Point
Noun
The temperature at which a given solid will melt.
Example: The gold turn from solid to liquid at 1 064 degrees.
en: Ponto de Fusão
Physical Property
Noun
A property (as color, hardness, boiling point) of matter not involving in its manifestation a chemical change.
Example: We can say three physical properties from the water: it is transparent, is a fluid and boils at 100 degrees on the sea level.
en: Propriedade Física
Reaction with acid.
Noun
Is a property form a substance to change its appearance or composition when it is mixture with acid.
Example: When an anti acid is mixture with an acid it react with the acid and happens a chemical reaction.
en: Reação com ácido.
Solubility
Noun
Solubility is the maximum amount if substance that can be dissolve in water.
Example: The salt in soluble in the water, however until certain quantity.
