[CHEMISTRY]IELTS Vocabulary: Learn 300 Essential Words for IELTS

🔬agent

=> White bread contains a chemical agent that bleaches the flour.

=> He found that this chemical agent can produce birth defects.

=> The agent reacted with body tissue with serious effects.

-chemical agent

-biological agent

-bleaching agent

-clotting agent

🔬atom=> atoms=> atomic

=> A methane molecule is composed of one carbon atom attached to four hydrogen atoms.

=> He was the scientist who was first to split the atom.

=> There are substantial fears about their capacity to spread atomic weapons.

-split the atom

-carbon atom

-an atom bomb

-an atom contains

🔬molecule=> molecules=> molecular

=> At high temperatures, the strands of the DNA molecule start to come apart.

=> Molecules are made up of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds.

=> A water molecule is made up of 2 atoms of hydrogen and one oxygen atom.

-an organic molecule

-a water molecule

-a molecule of something

-bind a molecule

🔬compound

=> Organic compounds contain carbon in their molecules.

=> Gasoline is essentially a compound of carbon and hydrogen.

-organic compound

-synthetic compound

-chemical compound

-a compound of something

🔬soluble<=> insoluble

=> Sugar is soluble in water.

=> Some are soluble in water, as shown by the discoloration of the substances on which they grow.

-soluble in something

-soluble substance

-something is soluble

🔬insoluble

=> Carotenes are insoluble in water and soluble in oil.

=> A mask of pure, insoluble collagen fibre is placed over the skin.

-insoluble in something

-insoluble substance

-something is insoluble

🔬crystal=> crystallization

=> The symmetrical shape of an ice crystal is due to depositional growth.

=> This process is used to grow single crystals to be used as semiconductors.

-a crystal of something

-a silicone crystal

-grow a crystal

-form a crystal