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How to balance an equation for the incomplete combustion of acetic acid?
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At the atomic level, why is voltage added when batteries are connected in series?
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D-orbital splitting with CASSCF
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Cannot open GBW file with ORCA input
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How do you visualise the atomic orbitals?
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Why isn't bond dissociation energy/bond enthaply measured in Newtons?
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Oxygen dip in ionization energy trend
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Most dangerous chemicals?
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Why do paired electrons have no magnetic field lines?
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Organic Chemistry Synthesis Possibilities Discussion
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My 'why' questions -- Wanting to learn Chemistry to figure out my why questions
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I need help understanding intermolecular forces
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I can't apply my knowledge of shielding to explain the three slopes
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Potassium Iodide as a catalyst for Hydrogen Peroxide
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Very confused about Naunyn definition of acid and base
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Ideas for a project in computational chemistry?
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Why don't hydrogen ions have osmotic activity in living organisms?
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Can you eat the Periodic Table?
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New Insight into the Chemistry of Solvents
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Separation of KCl from potassium chromium(III) PDTA
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Zirconium Versus Zirconium Carbide For Use With Galinstan
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Electrolysis: Dark blue oxide from steel?
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Identification of HOMO/LUMO in radicals
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What is the Role of Energy in Quantum Hybridized Orbitals?
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Does G10 Material in Pocket Knives Pose a Cancer Risk?
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How to think about extensive and intensive properties?
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BET SA and Microporous Materials - equipment/software for MOFs
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Help please with SI-ATRP (polymerization) of polyacrylamide
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Debunking the Hypervalence Theory: The Truth About Bonds in HClO4
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Central atoms in Lewis structures: basic question
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Force that causes ions to move to a lower concentration
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Differences between ph meters for solutions, creams and oils
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Freon filled balloons go flat QUICKLY! Why?
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Help, I have made a huge mistake with copper sulfate!
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Trying to impress my 8th grade students, made some unknown stuff
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Regenerating ion exchange resin
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Chemical Garden, deeper conceptual explanation
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Dissolving caffeine in room temperature water
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Can degraded leatherette from Binoculars give off fumes?
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Potassium Bichromate/Dichromate
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Solubility of Sodium nitrate and nitrite
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The 1/2 equivalent point in a titration curve
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Can detergent also evaporate beside water?
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Azulene - an interesting blue organic compound
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Understanding CVT Fluid Viscosity and When to Replace: Expert Insights
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Why Does Raman Activity Require Anisotropic Polarizability?
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Normality of (COONa)2 - KMNO4 titration (redox reaction)
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Calculating Molarity of KOH Solution: Discrepancy in Reported Results
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If potassium phosphate is 98% pure, what is likely to be the 2% impurity?
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Boiling Sugar: How to Avoid Unwanted Goo
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Could Pyrotechnic Pepper Spray Be the Ultimate Self-Defense Solution?
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Why does overcooking food usually harden it?
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Question about long-term storage of blue sphere silica gel
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How does Sodium acetate react with water?
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Questions about the common-ion effect
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Henderson Hasselbalch Equation - Request for Clarification
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Molecular iodine in ethanol solution
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Density calculation sometimes can be confusing
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NMR Spectrum - expected triplets appear as singlets
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2D electric field distribution in electrolyte solution
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Fluorescent Sample with Cuvette but not with Plate -- Why?
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Calculate the theoretical yield of a polymer (polysuccinimide)
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How do I synthesize Cedryl Acetate for perfumery?
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Light Heavy and Semiheavy Water Equilibrium
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How can I compute energy from a protein PDB file?
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Is there an acid that could dissolve Aluminium & leave Copper alone?
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Why does temperature fall in endothermic process in adiabatic system?
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Preserving breast milk for jewelry
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Does Resonance Occur in Nitrobenzene Despite Having One Pi Bond?
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Mass of a precipitate: solubility and Ksp in a chemical reaction
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Can every atom be transformed into a noble gas?
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General Formulas for Nitrogen Dioxide
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Using nitric acid to dissolve brass
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Why Does Reactivity Differ in Group 7?
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Synthesis of Fluorescents AuNCs
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How to understand this 3d surface of ##P,\bar{V}##, and ##T##?
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Implementing “Ab initio” approach in molecular mechanics method
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Suitable condenser for dichloromethane solvent
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I have a question about this molecule (bodipy) and B-N bonds
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What does it mean to specify the extensive state of an ideal gas?
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Question about this unusual galvanic bath
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Gibbs free energy of activation and activation energy
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What does "limit of zero pressure" mean for ideal gas temperature?
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I can't figure out why isomers change their structure...
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Would HCN (liquid) react with halogenoalkanes?
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Non polar molecule with polar bonds?
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What is the exact definition of an octahedral hole in an ionic solid?
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Can Combustion Synthesis on LiNO3 Produce Lithium Oxide Li2O?
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Why are more polarized bonds weaker (Acid dissociation)?
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Calcium in Anhydrous Calcium Chloride
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Calcium Chloride based dessicant
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Chemistry: Electron Configurations & Reactivity
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Is there a greater answer for naming D-Block elements the way they do?
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Reaction between hydrogen halide and sulfuric acid
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What Happens to Blue Sphere Silica Gel at High Temperatures?
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Lead Acid Battery Flyback Pulses: Electrolyte Decomposition
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TiO2 Photocatalyst to replicate making a photocatalytic PVA film
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Chemical Composition / Ingredients to create a product similar to RMR 86
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What Causes the Pinging Sounds When Boiling Water in a Kettle?
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Titanium dioxide solution in oil
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