What are Molecular Orbitals? It is clear that ions are held together by electrostatic attraction in an electrovalent or ionic bond, but it is less […]
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Conditions for Measuring Heat of Reaction with a Glass Calorimeter
The glass calorimeter is the instrument used in measuring the heat of reaction. If the heat of reaction is large, we can detect exothermic and […]
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Application of Isomerism in Industrial Chemical Processes
If we study the structural formula of butane or other higher hydrocarbons of the alkane series, we will observe that it is possible to arrange […]
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Application and Uses of Plastics and Synthetic Polymers
Synthetic polymers are commonly called plastics. The term plastic comes from the Greek word plastikos, which means to mould. Nowadays, plastics refer to synthetic materials […]
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5 Important Industrial Chemicals of Addition Polymerization
In addition polymerization, the monomers simply join together to form the polymer which has the same empirical formula as the monomer, but is of a […]
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How to Easily Memorize Elements of the Electrochemical Series
The elements of the electrochemical series is a list of metals arranged in their order of reactivity from the most reactive to the least reactive […]
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Importance of Stoichiometry and Electronegativity in Chemical Reactions
Stoichiometry is the art of measuring chemical elements in quantitative relationship in chemical reactions. It is ordinary chemical arithmetic. Experiments can be designed to study the […]
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How Electrolysis and Electrolytic Reactions Occur in a Cell
What is electrolysis? Electrolysis is the chemical change brought about by the passage of a direct current through an electrolyte via electrodes. Before the passage […]
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13 Physical and Chemical Properties of Tin Every Chemist Must Know
Tin does not occur naturally as the free element. In studying the properties of tin and its reactions, we must first examine the main source […]
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6 Industrial Uses of Lead, Its Extraction and Properties
Lead, Pb, also represented chemically as Pb, was first mined in the first century A.D. although it is not a very reactive metal, it occurs […]
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