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Can Seiryu Stone Affect Water Parameters in Aquariums?

  • Fishworks
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Does the Reaction of Cl2 and KH Produce KCl and HCl?

  • ProjectFringe
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Question Regarding the Shelf Life of Mineral Supplements

  • scott123
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Bubbles in buret experimental error

  • i_love_science
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Questions about rechargeable batteries

  • kenny1999
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Why Do Pharaoh Ants Build Sand Mounts in Borax Ant Baits?

  • Cobul
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Creating Buffers: Salt or Acid/Base Pair?

  • i_love_science
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What is the surface of fridge door made from?

  • kenny1999
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I have no idea why this is an enantiomer

  • Nick tringali
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Polarity of Propan-1-ol and Propan-2-ol

  • organicchemistryyayy
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Percent change vs. percent difference

  • i_love_science
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Standard deviation and standard error

  • i_love_science
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Crust on old Battery -- What happens when you drop Vinegar on it?

  • Mikestone
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Why Do Radicals React Differently with Br?

  • Nick tringali
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Anisotropic Etching in Semiconductor Fabrication

  • pj33
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Does high electronegativity mean low electropositivity?

  • ProjectFringe
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Can a compound have multiple structures?

  • ProjectFringe
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Do atoms retain their charge when ionic bonds break?

  • ProjectFringe
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Are double ionic bonds stronger than single ionic bonds?

  • ProjectFringe
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How can I make a sodium anion (Na-)?

  • ProjectFringe
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What is the dissociation constant of acetic acid in water?

  • Thecla
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Is there an online data resource for electrolyte conductivities?

  • cmb
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Sodium or calcium hypochlorite related to 2.5% active chlorine?

  • gamer87
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Calorimetric Theory Discrepancy

  • DT21
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Storage life of unused electrolytic capacitors without voltage

  • gamer87
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PEM electrolyzer - How does platinum reduce activation energy?

  • HelloCthulhu
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Can K2N2H2++ be produced through a first-principles approach?

  • ProjectFringe
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Rate of reaction? (UV and heat)

  • kenny1999
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When something is scratched, even slightly

  • kenny1999
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Hybridization of atoms in heterocyclic compounds

  • Mayhem
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Galvanic cells: H+ vs H2SO4, and Br2(aq) vs Br2(l)

  • i_love_science
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Why is calcium deposit on aquarium heater grey-brown and compact?

  • DaveC426913
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Redox products with inert electrodes?

  • somasimple
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Is UV Light from LED Bulbs Harmful to PS2 Slim's ABS Plastic and Rubber?

  • gamer87
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Molecular weight of lead(ii) nitrate Pb(NO_3)_2

  • Paul Black
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Why Do Enantiomers Interact Differently with Chiral Compounds?

  • i_love_science
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Potassium sodium tartrate preparation and comparison with recipes

  • latot
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How do I know which enthelpy change to calculate?

  • Physicsman788
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I do not understand oxidizers and what they do

  • Nick tringali
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Why does chlorine water oxidize metals and spread through the house?

  • gamer87
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1420 MHz--- the emission frequency of cold hydrogen gas

  • timmeister37
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When Should I Apply ΔH After Calculating Q in Thermodynamics?

  • yuh_yuh
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Can moisture in a microwave cause ink to move on a mug?

  • AppleDan
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Removing green copper oxides with Electrolysis, chemicals, etc.

  • jake jot
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Why does sodium hydroxide turn iron oxide green?

  • BWV
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Why do explanations of O2 bonding conflict on sp2 hybridization?

  • ForgetfulPhysicist
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Electrolysis of Water -- Rate of Reaction?

  • Cheesycheese213
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Does an RFID wallet contain any chemical addictives?

  • kenny1999
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Buffer solution working with DNA -- I have to dissolve dried oligos in PBS

  • chmenaive
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Production of oxygen in a submarine

  • PainterGuy
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Energy differences of molecular orbitals

  • Helena Wells
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Why does roofing occur despite the difference in chemical shift?

  • Popz
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How Do You Determine The Number Of Moles In A Volume Of Gas?

  • BigDon
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Finding the g-value in the Boltzmann distribution

  • JoJoQuinoa
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A few questions about electrodeposition of Cu with H202 and CH₃COOH

  • theycallmevirgo
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Molarity is represented by M and its unit is also M?

  • SHASHWAT PRATAP SING
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Scientific analysis -- How many seconds does it take for the paper to burn?

  • Carlos_Ishigami07
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What Chemistry Equation is this? (from Dr Stone Anime)

  • Carlos_Ishigami07
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What category of compound is this?

  • strangerep
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How does temperature affect solutions?

  • DaveE
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Nomenclature questions -- Naming structures when given compounds

  • Sunwoo Bae
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Does negative enthalpy change mean the product is stable?

  • Frigus
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Concentration of electrolyte for the electrolysis of water?

  • Cheesycheese213
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Why does a gas duster fizz when placed on a surface but stops when held?

  • PuzzledMonkey
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Invisible Ink that you can see through an IR lens

  • Aidentheawesome23
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Naming the pentane with phenyl group (or benzene with aryl group)

  • Sunwoo Bae
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Why Do Penny Stacks Bond Together?

  • Kirahlogin
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Applying desiccant to surfaces (aluminum sheet or PLA/PETG)

  • mess
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Why does nitrogen sp3 hybridize?

  • Mayhem
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Can we write mass in coefficients of elements in a chemical equation

  • SHASHWAT PRATAP SING
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Why does 225.0 have 3 significant figures, not 4?

  • i_love_science
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Is percent yield based on grams or moles?

  • i_love_science
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Radioactivity and the Periodic Table

  • fog37
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Interpreting Energy diagrams for polyatomic molecules

  • fog37
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What is the difference between internal energy and enthalpy?

  • fog37
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Does plastic retain moisture and damage DVDs in sealed cardboard storage?

  • gamer87
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Why did chymotrypsin cleave BAPNA and trypsin cleave NSPLN?

  • hlaurenc
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AI meets Chemistry in solving electronic Schrödinger equation

  • fresh_42
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List of H20 breakdown substances

  • jake jot
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Does boiling tap water for 30 minutes concentrate minerals and metals too much?

  • Herbascious J
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In what class does one typically learn that atoms emit EM radiation?

  • timmeister37
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Is Steric Inhibition of Resonance Affecting Acetate Ion Stability?

  • hariharan venkatasu
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Questions about muriatic acid and hypochlorite sodium

  • gamer87
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Making 1% PVP-I solution with 44% DMSO from 10% PVP-I stock

  • Giuseppechimico
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The concentration of a solution is 4%

  • peterkuk
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What is the structure of FOOOF and FOOOOF?

  • etotheipi
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Why do sodium ions not continuously build up in swimming pools?

  • Nathi ORea
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How is Gibbs Free Energy Calculated?

  • afcwestwarrior
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Is empenthrin much safer than 1-4 dicholorobenzene? (used in mothballs)

  • kenny1999
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Why do Lifesavers no longer produce a blue flash, but Altoids still do?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Does white vinegar really neutralize airborne odors and not just mask them?

  • joniverson
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Explanation of the spectrochemical series of transition metal ions

  • HAYAO
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Question: How to remove capric acid (caprate) from estrenes?

  • Maruska
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Diffusion Coefficient still doesn't make sense in air at STP

  • Rooner1
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Is Dragos rule evidence of hybridization theory's failure?

  • Hamiltonian
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Why does uranium have a 6d electron but terbium doesn't?

  • i_love_science
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How do we account for multiple sources of uncertainty in a measurement?

  • i_love_science
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