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plasma

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ionic bonds

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single displacement

double displacement

combustion

kinetic

potential 

chemical

work

force 

chemical

heat

energy

laws of thermodynamics

work

conservation of energy

 

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Atomic Theory


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Newton

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Periodic Table

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properties


 

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physics

 

 

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