CHEMISTRY GLOSSARY

atmospheric pressure    →   atmosferski tlak

Atmospheric pressure is the pressure exerted by weight of the air above it at any point on the earth’s surface. At sea level the atmosphere will support a column of mercury about 760 mm high. This decreases with increasing altitude. The standard value for the atmospheric pressure at sea level in SI units is 101 325 Pa.

critical pressure    →   kritični tlak

Critical pressure is the pressure of a fluid in its critical point; i.e. when it is at its critical temperature and critical volume.

partial pressure    →   parcijalni tlak

Partial pressure is a pressure that one component of gas mixture would have if it were alone in the same volume and at the same temperature as the mixture is in now.

pressure    →   tlak

Pressure (p) is the force acting normally on unit area of a surface. It is measured in pascals in Si units (Pa)

vapour pressure    →   tlak pare

Vapour pressure is the pressure of a gas in equilibrium with a liquid (or, in some usage, a solid) at a specified temperature.

osmotic pressure    →   osmotski tlak

Osmotic pressure (Π) is the excess pressure necessary to maintain osmotic equilibrium between a solution and a pure solvent separated by a membrane permeable only to the solvent. In an ideal dilute solution

where c_B is the amount-of-substance concentration of the solute, R is the molar gas constant, and T the temperature.

vapour pressure lowering    →   snižavanje tlaka pare

Vapour pressure is a colligative property of solutions. The vapour pressure of a solution is always lower than the vapour pressure of the pure solvent. Ratio of solution to pure solvent vapour pressures is approximately equal to the mole fraction of solvent in the solution.

absolute temperature    →   apsolutna temperatura

Absolute temperature denoting a temperature measured on the absolute scale, a scale of temperature based on absolute zero as the lowest temperature.

acetylene    →   acetilen

Acetylene (ethyne) is a colourless unstable gas, C₂H₂, with a characteristic sweet odour. It is lighter than air, easily soluble in acetone (propanone) and it is explosive under high pressure.

aerosol    →   aerosol

Aerosols are colloidal dispersions of liquid or solid particles in a gas, as in a mist or smoke. The commonly used aerosol sprays contain an inert propellant liquefied under pressure. The pressure of the gas causes the mixture to be released as a fine spray (aerosol) or foam (aerogel) when a valve is opened.