Words to Pronounce

SALTS:
Magnesium acetate tetrahydrate 
(What does "tetrahydrate" mean?)
Copper (II) acetate monohydrate
Anhydrous Calcium chloride 
(What does "anhydrous mean?)
Potassium hydrogen phthalate   
                                      (thal-ate)
Mercury (I) chloride
*Mercurous chloride
Iron (III) chloride
*Ferric chloride 
Curium (III) chloride
*Curious chloride

POLYATOMIC IONS:
(What does “polyatomic”  mean?)
Sulfite  (What is the formula?)
Sulfate
Hypochlorite
Perchlorate
Nitrite
Nitrate
Carbonate
Cyanide
Ammonium 

ACIDS:
Sulfuric Acid 
Hydrochloric Acid
Nitric Acid
Phosphoric acid
Iodic Acid (I owe’ dik)
Periodic Acid (Per I owe’ dik) 
Glacial Acetic Acid (Glay shul)
Citric acid
Lactic acid

GASES:
Carbon monoxide
Sulfur trioxide
Carbon tetrachloride

ELEMENTS:
Technetium (tek nee shium)
Molybdenum (Mo lib’ duh num)
Magnesium
Manganese 
Xenon (zee non)
Cesium (see zium)
Neodymium (neo dim eeum)
Deuterium  (do teer eeum)
Tritium (trit eeum)

Phosphorus pentaiodide
MISCELLANEOUS:
Alkali Metals
Halogens
Phenolphthalein (What is this used for?)
Nucleus, Nuclei
Gamma rays
Electromagnetic spectrum
D-Xylose (a sugar) (Dee zy lose)
Dextrose
Fructose (Frook tose)
Avogadro's number (6.02x1023)
Radiopharmacology
Antoine Lavoisier (father of chemistry)
(An twahn   La Vwah’ see ay)

GREEK PREFIXES
0.5 = hemi
1= mono
2 = di
3 = tri
4 = tetra
5 = penta
6 = hexa
7 = hepta
8 = octa
9 = nona
10 = deca

METRIC PREFIXES:
deci, centi, milli, micro, nano, pico (What does “micro” mean?)
kilo, mega, giga, tera  (What does “tera” mean?)

What is the difference between trash and treasure?
What is the difference between health and sickness?
All chemistry concepts can be broken down into what three areas of focus?

CHEMICALS WITH FUNNY NAMES:  Some chemical names are named after the shape of the molecule, which leads to such things as Rocketane (looks like a rocket) or Churchane (looks like a church with a steeple).  Other names are after the plant that it is extracted from.  If the plant had a funny name, so does the chemical.  Some names come from a person or town with a funny name. Visit the website below and find 4 chemical names that you think are amusing.  Tell me how the 4 chemicals you picked got its name. There are 3 pages of names at this website. I’m sending you to the middle one, but you can check out all three pages.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols2.htm