How to Avoid Petrol Engine Knock
A motor-car engine that runs on petrol has a number of cylinders that are fitted with pistons. When the engine is working, the pistons move…
A motor-car engine that runs on petrol has a number of cylinders that are fitted with pistons. When the engine is working, the pistons move…
Crude oil exploration and drilling have become a very important economic activity generating billions of dollars in revenues for countries that have crude oil and…
Tetraoxophosphates(V) come in three forms, for instance, sodium dihydrogen tetraoxophosphate(V), NaH2PO4, sodium hydrogen teteraoxophosphate(V), NaHPO4, and sodium tetraoxophosphate(V), Na3PO4. Two important tetraoxophosphates(V) are ammonium and…
Calcium tetraoxosulphate(VI) , CaSO4, occurs naturally as anhydrite, CaSO4, and gypsum, CaSO4.2H2O. Calcium tetraoxosulphate(VI) may be prepared by the addition of a soluble calcium salt…
Preparation of Calcium Oxide: Calcium oxide, CaO, is obtained by the thermal decomposition of calcium trioxocarbonate(IV). Industrially, lumps of limestone are heated strongly in a…
Total oxygen deprivation can be fatal to any animal even in a matter of minutes. Sometimes the body responds to this total lack of oxygen…
What is Acclimatization? In responding to changes in the partial pressure of carbon(IV) oxide in the blood, the human body not only prevents the accumulation…
Marine elasmobranchs such as shark, dogfish and rays overcome their osmotic difficulties in a unique way. They have a similar chloride content to marine teleosts…
The oxidation number, which expresses the state of an element, ion or molecule, can be used to determine the type of reaction, its rate and…
Catalyst may be organic or inorganic in nature. They could also be grouped into negative or positive catalysts. The organic catalysts are generally referred to…