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    POLL - geographic location of our members

    Female , Jamaica Interesting poll...interesting reasons, Monique. CJ
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    Why is the Aldehyde Group So Reactive in a Tollen's Test?

    Hi I did the Tollen's test on benzaldehyde in the lab recently. I'm trying to understand why the cabonyl group reacts so readily with the Tollen's reagent [ammonical silver oxide solution], even though it is a mild oxidising agent. Is there something about the aldehyde structure that make...
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    Undergrad Help:Specific Heat and Electromagnetic radiation

    Thanks Russ:smile: Now how does the heat capacity of the clothes relate to the energy emitted by the Sun? My foggy understanding: Lighter colored clothes have a higher heat capacity than darker colored clothes because it takes more energy radiation to raise the temperature of light colored...
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    Undergrad Help:Specific Heat and Electromagnetic radiation

    Please help uncloud my understanding #1.Why does the Earth cool off much more quickly when the weather is clear than cloudy? My foggy understanding: The cloud cover “traps” the heat energy radiated from the Earth because water has a high heat capacity, and so takes a longer time to heat up...