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Can Water Be Used to Inflate Life Vests with a Chemical Reaction?
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Trying to understand colloids microscopically and macroscopically
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Question about the Purity of KClO3
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When I die, I want to become a diamond
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Probability Ellipsoid: Explaining Magnetic Field Axes
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Distilling Ethanol by Refrigerating
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What Went Wrong in My Attempt to Make Potassium Chlorate?
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Mysterious Compound in Water: Researching What It Is
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Can Methane Be Used to Create a H2 Fuel Cell?
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Chemical versus nuclear reaction in charcoal
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Determining completion of electrolytic process
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Qualitative chemistry and precipitate colour
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Creating a 15% Citric Acid Solution
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Please give me stronger oxidant than water which can't kill my body?
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Is the Weight of a Mole of Any Element Equal to its Atomic Mass Unit?
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Can we harness energy from air using electrolysis or an aircell?
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Washing Non-Polar Soluble Chemicals with Water
  • Mr_Bojingles
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Extract Caffeine from Coffee Easily & Safely
  • JGM_14
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Can Elderberry Leaves Color Oils and Fats and Act as a Mosquito Repellent?
  • JGM_14
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Burning Hydrocarbons with by products
  • ray4758026
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Is Diethyltoluamide present in plant material?
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Boiling Solvents: Safety Procedures & Risks
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Chemical detection by irrediation?
  • Perspectives
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Isolating Chemicals: Steps & Tips
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Understanding the Reaction of Copper Impregnated Anodes in Chlorate Cells
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How can I safely administer H2S for hibernation in mice?
  • AlexHT
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Is an Ice/Water Mixture Preferred Over Pure Ice in the Crystallization Process?
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What is the difference between salting in and salting out electrolytes?
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Why Does NH3 Form Complex Ions with Transition Elements But NH4 Does Not?
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How do I balance these oxidation reduction equations using the half cell method?
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How to Form Butyl Propanoate and Propyl Methanoate?
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Why is My Voltage Lower than Standard Cell Potential?
  • Calle
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Acetone Volatility: Does it Leave Residue or Vanish?
  • Mr_Bojingles
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Interpreting IR/Raman Spectra Using Character Tables
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How to Prepare a 25% Aluminum Chloride Solution
  • icuk
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When you burn an acetate what compounds are formed?
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Reciprocal Salt Pairs: What Does It Mean?
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Lab Simulations: Can They Replace Real Labs?
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Liquid Batteries: What are They?
  • kunal
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Is Memorizing the Periodic Table Necessary?
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Make Potassium Chlorate: Guide & Tips
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Chemical Composition of Slippery Elm Tree Slime
  • JGM_14
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Problematic Synthesis of Sodium Acetate
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Is the Bonding of LiAlH4 Ionic or Covalent?
  • ilovechemistry
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Memorizing Cations and Anions: Tips and Tricks for Easier Recall
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Calculating Titrant pH Without Henderson Hasselbach Equation
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Cathodic Protection for Aluminum Boat: Zinc & Non-Use of Silver/Copper
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Why do Alkaline Metals React Violently with Water?
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How Does Temperature and Particle Size Affect Alka-Seltzer Reaction Rates?
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Is there any difference between Miscible and Soluble?
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Understanding Lanthanide Series & Groupings in Periodic Tables
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Cooling Near Absolute Zero: What's Used?
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Is a diamond a single molecule?
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Half-Cell Method: Balance Cl2(g)+ OH- w/ Oxidation #s
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Could ancient technology be the answer to sustainable energy production?
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How we can manufacture the DNA?
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Recalibration of a 80g Scale with a 50g Weight
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Addition of alkali before extraction
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SDS vs Dodecanol Hydrolysis: What's the Difference?
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Can O2 and H2O eliminate algae in fish ponds?
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Uncovering the Mystery: What is the Powder in My Driveway?
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Complex Ion Chemistry: NH3 + Copper 2
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CFT: Crystal Field Activation Energy Explained
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The Difference Between Methanol & Methanol R
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Nitration Reaction: KNO3 + H2SO4 Yield?
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Glasswear that can withstand high pressure - any suggestions?
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Lab write ups at the college standard
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Quantitative test for sulfur dioxide in orange juice
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What happens at a molecular level?
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Making Rust Quickly: 4 Methods I've Tried
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Is Neutralization Reaction Always Equivalent to Titration?
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NH3 adsorption at high pressure
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Why amonia is a base and not water?
  • SciencePF
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Reaction of Pepto Bismol and HCl: What are the Products?
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Is NaOH7 a Possible Formula for Sodium Hydroxide?
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How to know compound is explosive?
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Where can i get the answer keys for AP Chemistry Free Response Questions?
  • future_chemist
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Molten Salt: Disassociation or Vibration?
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How are the plates in a Fractional Distillation Tower regulated?
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Make Electroconductive Gel: Silver Chloride Gel
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Why the bond angle of methane is 109 instead of 90?
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Rust for art-how to & suggestions?
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Crystal Field Theory: Understanding d_{xy}, d_{x^{2}-y^{2}} Orbitals
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Calculus Project Ideas: Chemistry Applications
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Product and gas from reacting vinegar(C2H4O2) with potash(K2CO3)
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Is Real Kryptonite Found in a Mine?
  • Ivan Seeking
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Ka for Phosphate Buffered Saline: 6.2E-8 or 1.59E-7?
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N,N-dimethyltryptamine, what is it?
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CO2 bubbling in phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.4)
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Make Chlorate Fast: Should I Use DC Converter 300 AMP?
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What is so special about benzaldehyde?
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What are the oxidation numbers in [Re2Cl9]2- and how can it exist?
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Where Can I Find a Molar Absorptivity Database for Potassium Permanganate?
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Why the bond angle of water is 105 instead of 109?
  • scientist91
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Ribose and Deoxyribose - Most Common Form?
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Older Student Seeking Help Learning Basic Chemistry
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Methane to methanol / a direct pathway ?
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What are those bubbles in my beer?
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Atmosphere, Pressure, & Weather
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The auto-ionization of H2O equilibrium
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