Pronunciation of Chemical Terms



INTRODUCTION

'Pronunciation of Chemical Terms' is a computerized version of the cassette tape 'Pronouncing Common Terms in Chemistry' produced by Dr. M.P. Sammes and the Hong Kong Association for Science And Mathematics Education in 1988.

This computerized version provides a quick and direct access of the correct pronunciation of common chemical terms that students may encounter in their study. It is hoped that this will serve as a useful IT resource to both students and teachers.

The pronunciaton is in RealAudio format. By clicking the picture on the right, you can donwload the RealAudio player.



FORWORD

Occasionally we chemistry teachers will find difficulties in pronouncing certain chemical terms correctly. In order to help its members to overcome this difficulty, the chemistry sub-committee of HKASME, with the invaluable help from Dr. M.P. Sammes (Reader, Dept. of Chemistry, HKU), has prepared a tape and a booklet comprising about 400 common chemical terms recorded.

The purpose of the tape is to try to provide correct pronounciation of these terms especially those non-English ones. The booklet serves as a guide in the order as they appeared in the tape.

The terms collected here were chosen from a variety of chemistry textbooks. They are common terms frequently encountered by chemistry teachers especially those teaching A-level courses.

The terms are grouped into four sections:
Side A -Section A :General terms
Section B :Inorganic names
Section C :Organic names part 1
Side B -Section C :Organic names part 2
Section D :Elements of the Periodic Table

Last but not least, the HKASME sincerely hopes teachers will find the tape and this booklet useful in their teaching.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The HKSAME wishes to acknowledge and offer its sincere thanks to the following people for making this production possible :

Dr. M.P. Sammes, who kindly produced the tape for us,
Mr. Poon Siu-kau, who write the phonetic symbols (NOT included in this electronic version),
Mr. So Ka-chuen, who computer-printed the phonetic symbols,
Mrs. Loretta Fan, who provided the original inspiration for this production,
Miss Jenny Lau,
Miss Anna Lee, and
Miss Lydia Lu

Or Choi Kuen
Chemistry Convenor
HKASME


Section A General Terms

absorption spectra
actinides
acylation
alkaline
alkaline earth metal
alkylation
allotrope allotropy
amalgam
amphoteric oxides
aqueous solution
aromatic compounds
Arrhenius theory
Avogadro constant
azeotropic mixture
bakelite
Balmer series
bauxite
becquerel
beta particle
Boltzman constant
Born-Haber cycle
Boyle's law
Bragg equation
Bronsted-Lowry theory
Brownian movement
Buchner funnel
calorimeter
Cannizzaro reaction
canonical structure
catalysis
catalyst
catenation
chelate
chiral centre
Clemmensen reaction
collision theory
colorimeter
conductimetry
conjugate acid
Coulomb
Curie
Dalton's atomic theory
Daniell cell
deuterium
diastereoisomer
diffraction
Einstein equation
electrophile
enantiomer
enthalpy
Fehling solutions
fission
Frasch process
Friedel-Crafts reaction
fusion
galvanization
Gay-Lussac's law
Geiger counter
gelatinous precipitate
graphite
Grignard reagent
Haber process
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Hess's law
Hund's rule
isomerism
Kekule structure
Kolbe-Schmidt reaction
lanthanides
Lassaigne sodium fusion test
Lattice energy
Laue's method
Lavoisier
Le Chatelier's principle
Leclanche' dry cell
Lewis acid
ligand
Lucas method
Lyman series
Madelung's constant
Markovnikov's rule
mechanism
Mendeleev periodic table
metalloid
molarity
nascent hydrogen
nomenclature
nucleophile
osmotic pressure
Ostwald's process
oxonium ion
ozonolysis
paraffin
paramagnetism
partition law
Pauling
Planck constant
polarization
polymorphism
Prestley
quantum
quaternary ammonium salt
Racemic mixture
Raoult's law
redox reaction
Rutherford
Rydberg constant
saponification
Schiff reagent
Schroedinger wave equation
Schweitzer's solution
scintillation counter
solvation
tautomer
Tollen's reagent
Van der Waals force
vulcanization
Wurtz reaction
X-ray goniometer
Zartmann experiment
Ziegler catalyst
zwitterion

Section B Inorganic names

ammonium alum
ammonium metavanadate
arsenate(III) ion
arsenite
bromate
bromic acid
trichlorocupric(I) ion
cuprammonium ion
hypobromite ion
hypobromous acid
iron pyritis
nitrate ion
nitric acid
nitride
nitrite
nitrosyl cation
nitryl cation
periodic acid
sulphate ion
sulphite ion
zeolite

Section C Organic Names Part 1

alkanes
methane
ethane
propane
butane
pentane
hexane
heptane
octane
nonane
decane
undecane
dodecane
alkenes
ethene
propene
but-1-ene
alkynes
ethyne
propyne
but-1-yne
alkanols or alcohols
methanol
ethanol
propan-1-o1
alkanals or aldehydes
methanal
ethanal
alkanones or ketones
propanone
pentan-3-one
alkanoic acids or carboxylic acids
methanoic acid
ethanoic acid
esters
methyl methanoate
ethyl ethanoate
alkanoyl chlorides or acid chlorides
ethanoyl chloride
acid amides
ethanamide
acid anhydrides
ethanoic anhydride
amines
ethanamine or ethylamine
N-methylmethanamine or dimethylamine
nitriles
ethanenitrile
aromatic compounds
benzene
naphthalene
methylbenzene or toluene
dimethylbenzene or xylene
benzenol or phenol
benzenecarbaldehyde
benzenecarboxylic acid or benzoic acid
benzenecarbonyl chloride or benzoyl chloride
benzenecarboxamide or benzamide
benzenamine,aniline or phenylamine
radicals
alkyl groups
methyl
ethyl
propyl
butyl
halogeno groups
fluoro
chloro
bromo
iodo
alkoxy groups
methoxy
ethoxy
other groups
amino
cyano
hydroxy
nitro
nitroso
oxo
phenyl

Organic Names Part 2

acetaldehyde
acetanilide
acetylene
acetylsalicylic acid
acrylic acid
adipic acid
alanine
aminobutanedioic acid
aniline
arenes
aspartic acid
aspirin
benzaldehyde
buta-1,3-diene
cis-butenedioic acid
calcium dicarbide
carbamide
cumene
cuprous acetylide
epoxyethane
ethanedial
2-ethanoyloxybenzenecarboxylic acid
ethenyl ethanoate
ethylbenzenecarboxylate
ethylene
fumaric acid
glycerin
glycerol
glycine
hexanedioic acid
triiodomethane
maleic acid
N,N-dimethylphenylamine
naphthalene
naphthalen-1-ol
cis-octadec-9-enoic acid
oleic acid
oxalic acid
phenylamine
phthalic acid
pyridine
quinol
quinone
semicarbazide
semicarbozone
silver acetylide
styrene
succinic acid
orthoxylene

Section D Elements of the Periodic Table

hydrogen
helium
lithium
beryllium
boron
carbon
nitrogen
oxygen
fluorine
neon
sodium
magnesium
aluminium
silicon
phosphorus
sulphur
chlorine
argon
potassium
calcium
scandium
titanium
vanadium
chromium
manganese
iron
cobalt
nickel
copper
zinc
gallium
germanium
arsenic
selenium
bromine
krypton
rubidium
strontium
yttrium
zirconium
niobium
molybdenum
technetium
ruthenium
rhodium
palladium
silver
cadmium
indium
tin
antimony
tellurium
iodine
xenon
caesium
barium
lanthanum
cerium
praseodymium
neodymium
promethium
samarium
europium
gadolinium
terbium
dysprosium
holmium
erbium
thulium
ytterbium
lutetium
hafnium
tantalum
tungstun
rhenium
osmium
iridium
platinum
gold
mercury
thallium
lead
bismuth
polonium
astatine
radon
francium
radium
actinium
thorium
protactinium
uranium
neptunium
plutonium
americium
curium
berkelium
californium
einsteinium
fermium
mendelevium
nobelium
lawrencium