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A simple molecular drawing program?

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Why is my AP Chemistry teacher giving incorrect information?

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The Role of UV Radiation in Ozone Formation and Depletion

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Taking 31P and 19F Spectra on Varian Unity Inova 500 MHz NMR

  • hyildirim
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Van der waals parameters a and b

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Why isn't ammonia or hydronium considered a triprotic acid?

  • pivoxa15
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Are Aluminium Ions Actually Acidic?

  • pivoxa15
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What is the difference between hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances?

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Measuring pH of Aqueous Solutions Containing NaOH

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Graphite's delocalised electron?

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Why does steel change it's colour through heating

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Why isn't the +2 charge shown as zinc(II) in coordination compound names?

  • pivoxa15
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Can Plasma in a Light Bulb be Used Practically?

  • JGM_14
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Determining EDTA Concentration in PPM in Aquaous Solution

  • shadownitro
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Has anyone taken the ACS chemistry exam? What was your experience?

  • Weave
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How could you tell whether or not a molecule *could* have pi bonds?

  • Jas0n
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Transforming Elements: Breaking Down Car Emissions

  • CanadianChris
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What is the diffrience between chemistry and alchemy?

  • JGM_14
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Metal + nonmetal = covalent bond?

  • pivoxa15
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Is All Chemistry About Electron Configurations?

  • pivoxa15
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Why are hydrogen molecules attracted to each other?

  • benhall2121
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Electrical seperation of hydrogen bonds

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Find Zumdahl's Chemistry 5th Edition Online or PDF

  • Juwad
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Van Der Wal's force doesn't add up

  • satisverborum20
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Why colourless for main group metals?

  • pivoxa15
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How do you make Kevlar, ceramic plate armor, or Vectran?

  • imperium2600
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Max Yield Phenolate Formation with Phenol

  • geo_alchemist
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Why Do Solids Sublime into Gas?

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How Basic is NaSH Compared to NaOH in Organic Synthesis?

  • gravenewworld
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Is it a commercialy available compound?

  • Atomos
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Could methane releases sink boats in the Bermuda Triangle?

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Calculating Specific Heat Capacity of Oil-Water Mixture

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Acid Effects on Polymers: Sources and Information

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Are Colloids Solid or Liquid and What Modulus is Used to Measure Them?

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Generating Electricity with Hydrogen Fuel Cells

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Stoichiometric and non stoichiometric defects in the crystal lattice

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What Causes and Crosses Orbital Nodal Forces?

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Tabacco, 100% cut, 90% 25%, etc.

  • thunderfvck
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How Many People Use Zumdahl Text?

  • professor
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Calculating Carbon Dioxide Levels in 19th Century Air

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What is the red liquid formed when steel reacts with vinegar?

  • JGM_14
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Water bottle explosion with acid smell

  • psimms
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Potential Energy of atoms and molecules

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Did World War II grenades contain unstable potassium chlorate crystals?

  • rectionary
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Can I test for Halides/Halogens cheaply and determine the concentration?

  • wxrocks
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Red residue from alum, flour and cornstarch heated with gunpowder

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What is the shape of salt crystals?

  • td04
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Precipitated Carbon: Filtering Carbon with Retention Discs

  • jmnew51
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Does the Fischer-Tropsch Process Remove Water From Synthetic Oils?

  • Shawnzyoo
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Is There a Universal Model for Predicting All Molecular Geometries?

  • DeathKnight
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Make paraffin wax have a higher melting temperature

  • SkepticJ
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Programs and posters for the periodic table

  • KingNothing
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Energy efficiency in home water electrolysis experiment

  • tdaffin
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Replication of Photosynthesis Through Chemisty?

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Understanding CuSO4/Al Foil Reactivity with NaCl - Al in CuSO4

  • lightarrow
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Explain the hybridisation of Cl atom in Cl2O7 or XeOF4?

  • konichiwa2x
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Rum + Fruit Punch, aceitic acid limiting reagent?

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Calculating the outcome of a reaction, how to?

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Oxidation of KMnO4: Necessity of Soluble Starting Material

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2 qn regarding rxn of copper sulphate

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Heard of the Erikson-Pitteri Neighborhood?

  • scott_alexsk
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How can basic principles be used to predict chemical reactions?

  • Ahmed Abdullah
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Atomic Orbitals vs. Molecular Orbitals and Hybridization

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At what temperature water decomposes into hydrogen and oxigen?

  • SAZAR
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Diels-Alder Reaction - Does It Need a Catalyst?

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Half Life of radioactive insulin

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What are the reactions between plastics and acids?

  • lapo3399
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Why is water a liquid instead of a gas?

  • capitolmonkey
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What is the Correct Molecular Weight of Buckministerfullerene (C60)?

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Will vitamins and minerals react in a lemonade sports drink?

  • trackdude410
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Are Viruses Considered Poisonous?

  • The P-manator
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Find Books on Memory Alloys: Ask Scott!

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Waste Vegetable Oil produced by the kitchen

  • OgreOwner
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An Account of the Fall Of a Meteoric Stone

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Why is CuCl2 so hygroscopic and how do I make CuCl instead?

  • Squall
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What Should You Know Before Using Liquid Nitrogen?

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Processing 0.25% Silver Ore to Obtain 2 Pounds

  • blue4882
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Chloralkali Process Safety: Can I Bubble Chlorine?

  • The P-manator
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Long chain of c=c carbon double for room temp superconductivity

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Coating Al and Cu simultaneously

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Is Black Light Power a real energy source or a scam?

  • Burnsys
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Experiments: Get Creative and Make Something Useful

  • The P-manator
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Reacting Zn with .248M HCl to Produce H2

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Hydrogen-Oxygen-Water: Fire Extinguisher?

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Why does the Mg product show a negative charge on the oxygen?

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Percent yield by mass for three-step acetaminophen synthesis

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What is the intention of atom to form ions?

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If atoms aren't created, how are atoms created when I'm born?

  • MRCHEM
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Gaseous water- no need to drink.

  • superweirdo
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Deoderant/pressurised container why does the liquid/gas come out

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Hybridisation in d-block elements

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Is the Conjugate Base of a Weak Acid Always a Weak Base?

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