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I used a Linux distro for a long time and the only thing that limited my productivity was working around Windows only software, some of which was needed for my studies. Having used Windows exclusively for two years now, I really miss the ease of navigating in Linux. I feel like Windows is made...

Rule no. 1 chemistry: There are no unbound protons. Rule no. 2 of chemistry: THERE ARE NO UNBOUND PROTONS Rule no. 3 of chemistry: Charges are always balanced by an oppositely charged species. The phenomenon you are describing would not be described by conventional chemistry. You would...

Counter ion makes a huge difference. Most sulfates are soluble as chlorides, but a lot of sulfates aren't soluble as chlorides (just to use your example?. This will affect solubility in acid if there isn't another dissolution pathway, i.e. hydrogen gas formation.

The "security" in the MS Office package is perplexing. I am trying to open a .txt file I made myself, why are you giving me crap?

Excellent example of how making things more complicated don't make them better. Instead of reading group by group now I must follow an arrow? My daughter loved this episode of Dora the Explorer.

Another excellent example is vanadium in flow batteries.

If you want large surge currents in a single cell you need fast electron transfer kinetics. Electrically, this means a low internal resistance. From Wikipedia, the lead-acid design principle is membraneless, meaning that discharge isn't limited by mass transfer kinetics across a membrane (which...

You are describing recrystalization. The obtained crystals (if any) may have a different phase than the initial solid (crystal or not) and can also have a cocrystallized solvent.

Tin(ii) is harder to reduce than Cu(ii) and Ag(i). Oxalic acid / oxalates may be a suitable alternative to ascorbic acid. While a weaker reducing agent in terms of standard potential (if memory serve), the release of CO2 may drive the reaction by displacing any equilibrium, especially if heated.

It sounds like your problem isnt electrochemical but simply chemical. You are generating chlorine which is the precursor to your target product. How is the pH? Chlorate forms from chorite under warm alkaline conditions.

Are you refining silver for purposes other than exploring science? Silver, unlikely gold, is actually fairly cheap and refining silver, even from scrap, does not offset the costs of whatever chemicals and tools you will need to achieve that. That said, if you are doing it for fun, why are you...

If you have a sufficiently advanced civilization, then a projectile with an antimatter and matter compartment that combines upon impact.

How are you identifying chlorine gas? For the record, producing 'lots of chlorine gas' is a serious safety hazard in itself! Anyhow, by smell, slight yellowing of the brine? I am no expert, but the chemistry suggests your reaction may be too cold. Chlorate is supposedly formed from...

Children's clothes should have a "This way front" type print similar to how claymores have "Front towards enemy".

Very good example and I vaguely recollect a video demonstrating this. Something along the lines of e coli (or another bacteria) on a surface of antibiotics, and the evolved species would traverse the entire surface.