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Not sure if this is in the right section, but I'm not sure where else it would fit. I'm currently researching a variety of optics-based topics, and I'm a bit confused by what appear to be some conflicting definitions of transmittance. I've seen the following: 1) It's the ratio of monochromatic...

Ah, I see. Thanks for the help!

Ah, so basically, any possibility for CH3NH2 to behave as an acid is canceled out because the resulting compound would almost instantly "re-react"?

But couldn't one of the groups in the methylamine also "give up" an H+? Why wouldn't they be able to? I understand how it can be a base now, but I still don't understand why it can't be an acid.

We just got a worksheet about acids and bases today. One of the questions said: "Using the Bronsted-Lowry theory of acids and bases, write equations for the following acid-base reactions and indicate each conjugate acid-base pair." One such reaction was CH3NH2 + H2O I checked a ton of...

Maybe I should clarify why I'm confused. I'm trying to connect the idea of a battery here with the idea of a battery in current electricity: When I studied current electricity, I learned that a battery's purpose was to "pump" current from one terminal to another. To do this, it basically...

Alright. One more question, concerning the behaviour of the battery: When a battery is connected to a current, charges are "pumped" from one terminal to the other inside the battery and gain energy. They then travel through the circuit and lose electric potential energy, and the process...

So in this case, the function of the battery is basically to distribute charges in the plates to create a field with voltage equal to its own?

Ah, so the plates function as an "extension" of the battery? I was picturing the plates as behaving like a "circuit" (The battery uses its potential difference to send charges through them). I guess that in reality, they behave more like the terminals of the battery. Am I correct here?

So, we learned about electricity in Physics a few months ago. One thing from the unit is still bugging me that I don't understand: The Millikan Oil Drop Experiment and the idea of charged parallel plates. Apparently, you can "apply a voltage" to charged parallel plates to create a field...