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CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS

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ACETYL The organic group of acetic acid.

ADHESIVE A substance used to bond two surfaces together.

ALCHEMY An ancient field of study from which the modern
science of chemistry evolved.

ALKALI A chemical base that can combine with an acid to
produce a salt.

ALKALINE A substance that has a pH higher than 7.

ALKALOID An organic base that contains the element nitrogen.

ALKANE A typeof hydrocarbon that has no double bonds because
it contains the maximum possible number of hydrogen

ALKENE A kind of hydrocarbon with at least one double bond
between carbons.

ALKYL GROUP A chemical group containing hydrogen and
carbon atoms.

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