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Levitating Bubbles Science Experiment - Chemical Reaction Explained
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Deduce Half-Cell Reactions from Galvanic Cell Representation
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What is the Optimal Mix Ratio for Rocket Propellants?
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How do scientists find out what something contains?
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Is the Molar Concentration of K+ in K2S2O4 Double That of S2O4^2-?
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Why Do Resonance Structures for ClO- and ClO4- Differ in Formal Charges?
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Polyatomic ions and their charge
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Alkaline Alternative to Laundry Detergent?
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Definition of an oxidizing agent
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Is it possible to change the chirality of an atom like this?
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What are some useful tidbits in chemistry that you've learned?
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Electrolysis of baking soda solution?
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Algebraic method to balance redox equations
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Elephant toothpaste chemistry project
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How does singlet oxygen work in pericyclics?
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What would the products of photolysis degredation of PET plastic be?
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Mass spec - Whats the nitrogen rule all about
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The question is: What factors determine the acidity of a molecule?
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Synthesis of aspirin, confused noob
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The Chemistry Mystery: Why Some Love and Others Loathe This Subject
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Diels Alder - Why HOMO and LUMO?
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Relationship between Kd and bonding affinity?
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Electromagnetic waves and electrons
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What Becomes of a Free Electron?
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Calculating Significant Figures for Mole Quantity to Mass
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Stoichiometric ratio calculation
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The nature of cathode rays and canal rays
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Magnesium Chloride: Extracting Food Grade from Industrial
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Does the electron revolve around itself?
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Does Sulfuric acid donate both of it H+ protons?
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Helium: Graph of Root Mean Velocity vs Temperature
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Why is cyanide writted as CN- when the negative charge is on carbon?
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Understanding the Combined Gas Law
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Is it possible to get benzene from sodium benzoate?
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Why do acidic drugs remain unionized in acidic environement?
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What is the purpose of resonance structures?
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Calcium Bromide (Anhydrous) Not Dissolving?
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What role do the 2 lone electron pairs in H2O have?
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Electrolyte that doesn't react with ZnO for electrolysis of water
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Thompson Reuters predicts 2nd Nobel nomination for Sharpless
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What is the meaning of normality and its relation to molar concentration?
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Separation of Nanotubes | Electric Discharge
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Electrical Discharge in Argon: Which Electrode is Bombarded?
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Ligands and strong electrical fields
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What happens to atoms that havent reacted in a chemical reaction?
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Electron orbitals of iron and copper
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Copper's Valence Electrons: How Can It Lose More Than One?
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How do atoms with low energy orbitals posses high energy electrons?
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Understanding the Difference Between Evaporation and Boiling
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Why Does Cr2+ Reduce While Mn3+ Oxidizes Despite Both Having d4 Configuration?
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Phenylacetic acid to sodium phenyl acetate
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Why is the work done counted twice in the 1st law of thermodynamics?
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Why less originated area act as anode in a metal ?
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How sensitive are gieger counters?
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Protocol and solvent help needed for gel-permeation chromatography
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Including water in molar mass for molarity?
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Diluting Solution: How to Achieve 1:10 Ratio with 7ml Ethanol and 3.2gm Leaf
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Which elements of the human body are found elsewhere?
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What Determines the Valence of Transition Metals?
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Mastering Stereochemistry: Enhance Your 3-D Imagination and Excel in Chemistry
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Heating water with amps ohms and time
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Order and Disorder in Liquid Water: Investigating the Structure of H2O Molecules
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Finding q to then raise an object, hoping someone can check this work
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How Does Turbulent Mixing Affect Atmospheric Pressure with Altitude?
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Why Does Saltwater Taste Salty?
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Why molecules of small atoms have hybridization and the big ones don't
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Differences in Density for TATP/DADP: Is the Dimer Form More Unstable?
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Learn Inorganic Compound Nomenclature with IUPAC
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Is pH Always Measured in One Molar Solutions?
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Do super concentrated solutions NOT conduct electricity well?
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Why is Vanadium 4s2 3d3 in its ground state?
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Where would I shop for safe to drink lab alcohol?
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Why was mercury considered a metal even in ancient times?
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Rotation of CO2 bonds and triple bonds.
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Why Solvent is essential for Life?
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Question on Jabir's, an alchemist, thought on gold
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Intermolecular forces/energy in supersaturated solutions
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Confusing Stoichiometry Question
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Help with electron configuration?
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Galvanic Cell Plating of Iron & Magnesium on Copper: What Use is it?
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Calcium Carbonate -> Calcium Oxide, but only getting Hydroxide. Ideas?
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Standard Electrodes: Pressure & Half Cell Potential Impact
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Understanding Forces in Mixtures & Solution
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Delocalisation stability - primarily an entropy or enthelpy issue?
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Finding Chiral Centres in Ring Structures
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How can we distinguish between colloidal gels and true solutions?
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Using MgSO4 for Producing H2SO4?
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Alcohol in beer would evaporate extremely slowly in cold temperatures?
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How would one get a salt to react with water.
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Electrolysing Sodium Chloride: Silver vs Graphite
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Lead and Iodine, Lead Iodide question?
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Research paper citation question.
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Determine extinction coefficients in glass for Fe2+/Fe3+
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Understanding Specific Gravity: Insights for Scientists and Engineers
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Why are full electron shells considered stable?
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Probability of finding electrons in nucleus (s orbitals)
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Finding Isomers of Octahedral Complexes
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VBT AND Schrodinger(not sure about spelling)
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Where's the best place to buy chemicals?
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Zero order kinetics - theory query
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