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  • Glossary of Terms


    Algorithm:
    The mathematics behind the a computer model.

    Application:
    The science behind the model-- background about the information in the model.

    Architecture:
    How the computer model was set up to model the problem.

    Concentration:
    The amount of a substance in a specified volume.

    Decomposition:
    Breaking down of a substance.

    First-order reaction:
    A logarithmic reaction. If you take the log of the concentration of the reaction the rate versus time will be linear.

    Kinetic:
    Energy an object has because of its mass and movement. (The formula for Kinetic Energy is KE=1/2 mv2.)

    Products:
    The substances that remain after a chemical reaction has occured.

    Reactants:
    The original substances in a reaction. The substances that exist before the reaction takes place.


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