Recent content by Aezi

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    Gain/Loss of Electrons: Explaining Element Affinity

    Ah! Thanks! Now it's all coming back to me. This universe is practically all about naturally going from higher to lower energy states!
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    Graduate Confining Charged Particles with Alternating Electrostatic Fields

    There is a way to confine a charged particle by using a "magnetic bottle". I can't find any good online sources regarding it, but basically a compound magnetic field created by two coils can make charged particles with proper velocities simply spiral repeatedly from one end to the other.
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    Strange question about drugs/vitamins and brain power

    Aniracetam, piracetam, vinpocetine, fish oil, ginko, centrophenoxine, etc... There are people who lift weights and take protein powders and other junk, and then there are students who like to study and take "brain" supplements like the ones that I just listed. Then you have people who take...
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    Is the use of technology for superficial and vain reasons becoming more common?

    Sorry, I know this is a nearly two-year-old thread that I started, but LOL to this reply. I just rediscovered it. <3
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    Gain/Loss of Electrons: Explaining Element Affinity

    Hi! It's been awhile since I've taken chemistry, and I forgot why some elements preferentially lose or gain electrons. It's not like they grow a brain and think, "hey, I'd rather lose 3 electrons than gain 5 to fulfill my octet!" What's the explanation for this phenomena? Some people would just...
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    Is the use of technology for superficial and vain reasons becoming more common?

    Apparently people in Southeast Asian countries use it to gain a few inches of height in order to qualify for jobs and to gain a boost in self-confidence.
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    Is the use of technology for superficial and vain reasons becoming more common?

    I was reading about a surgical procedure that people go through in order to become taller. In layman's terms, apparently they have a surgeon break their leg bones, separate the two pieces with braces, and then ultimately wait months for new bone to grow in between the separated pieces. This...
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    Reaction of Calcium Carbonate in Water with Hydrochloric Acid

    I first determined the amount of calcium carbonate in the soil sample (with error) before proceeding with the pH curve creations. Thus, assuming that the amount of calcium carbonate in pure water and in the soil solutions are the same (relative to error, once again), the curves should tell us...
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    Reaction of Calcium Carbonate in Water with Hydrochloric Acid

    I was told to design an experiment and run it during my chemistry lab period, and I came up with the following idea: Soil usually is limed with calcium carbonate containing products (agricultural lime) in order to raise the pH of the solution. Thus, I first isolated the amount of calcium from...
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    Book of Mathematical Theorems and Formulas?

    I'm looking for a giant tome on every theorem and formula. If it had more, that would be awesome, but I'm just looking for one giant book to use as a reference. I prefer to learn theorems and formulas after learning how they were discovered, but I also want a "scope" of what's available out...