Molecules Definition and 543 Threads

I have been having difficulties with this problem and I was wondering if I could get some help with it. Q. What is the rms speed of nitrogen molecules contained in a 7.0 m3 volume at 4.20 atm if the total amount of nitrogen is 1600 mol? I figured I would have to use this equation to solve...

Hi, I'm not quite sure about this question: 'How many Ways can 6 distinguishable molecules be placed in 3 different energy levels with 3 molecules in the 1st level, 2 in the 2nd level and 1 in the 3rd level, ignoring energy required?' If it was just how many ways to place them in 3...

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anyone here have knowledge on computing Lennard-Jones potentials for molecules using periodic boundaries versus doing it on the 3D surface of a hypersphere?

A box is separated by a partition into two parts of equal volume. The left side of the box contains 500 molecules of nitrogen gas; the right side contains 100 molecules of oxygen gas. The two gases are at the same temperature. The partition is punctured, and equilibrium is eventually attained...

hi all if you have a cylinder with helium and argon in it, and the mixture is at equilibrium, with a temperature of 150 degrees celsius. what is the average kinetic energy of each gas molecule?, and what is the rms speed of each type of molecule? im aware of the theory behind this, but it...

Why do all the protein molecules in our bodies rotate polarized light in one direction only? If I injected proteins of the opposite polarization into my bloodstream would their be a strong immune reaction? Also,what would happen if one of the organs in my body - for example the liver - was...

I have absolutely no idea how to do this question. I've tried several different ways.. tried using the equation: P = (1/3)*(N/V)*2*((3/2)kT) Then using the idea that: P = F/A No luck. I think I'm doing things wrong. Does this have something to do with internal energy? (U = (3/2)nRT)

Roughly 20% of the molecules in the air are oxygen molecules. The oxygen molecules are needed for life processes in a person's body. What is the probability that in one breath, one might fill his lungs with a volume of air that has no oxygen in it? How does one go about doing this...

hello. i will be appearing for my a levs in a couple of months and this is a 'design experiment' question i need help with. i haven't ever designed an experiment and help will be appreciated. Question: 'Alpha particles from a particular radioactive source have a range of about 6 or 7 cm...

Yesterday in my chemistry class we were discussing right vs. left handed organic molecules and such and it got me wondering. First off, is there any way to make a right handed molecule left handed? Second, just how much would such a process cost? Thanks.

Hi, can anyone tell me how to estimate width of one stearic acid when it is in water. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\-COOH <- i want the width going up and down.

I was involved in a hot debate about burning-in of audio cables. It's a line that many cable manufacturers have used for years and years, and they basically tell unsatisfied customers "You have to use the cables for over 200 hours before they become accustomed to playing the sound"... Now, I...

When classifying as to whether an atom, molecule, element, or compoud, what would the following be? -H20 -H2 -C6H12O6 (glucose) -N2 I guess i am kind of confused as to the difference between molecules and compounds. I thought water was a molecule, but according to the definition of a...

Hi can someone explain to me why is N-Acetylpiperidine is a weaker base than 1-aza-2-2oxobicyclo[2.2.2]octane ? Is it something about the ability to protonate the molecules ? thank you

What about the molecules and bonds of transition metals make them (such as gold) such good conductors? I'm in AP chemistry, so we may have gone over it, but I don't know right now.

I have the following problem, which seems easy, I just cannot get my brain around it... Assume that 30.0 cm^3 of gasoline is atomized into N spherical droplets, each with a radius of 2.00\times 10^{-5} m. What is the total surface area of these N spherical droplets? How do I find the...

can you really have nothing, for example you have two balls one meter appart, you can say that there is nothing between them, however there are air molecules between them right, well couln't there be other smaller particles between the air molecules? and then smaller particles between those, in...

i have a multi-part question which is fine except for two areas. 1) how many oxygen molecules traveling at this speed (i already have the speed calculated) are necessary to produce an average pressure of 1.00 atm? 2) calculate the number of oxygen molecules that are actually contained in...

more covalent?? hi. i saw this problem while doing some chem revision. they wanted me to point out and explain which one of the two is "more covalent". these are my personal explanations.. but i am not sure if I am correct or am i using the right way to do it.. pls feel free to give me your...

Vsepr Theory Hey Guys! How are u guys doing today? I was wondering how do we know dat BeF2 is polar?..i drew it out by using the VSEPR theory..but what confuses me is dat BeF2 ionic..can we still use VSEPR theory to draw it out? Tanya Thank you in advance! :smile:

Experiments show that rubbing an acetate strip with cotton imparts a negative charge to the strip. what are some of the attraction of some of the liquid streams to the charged strip. (The liquids being: water, 2-propanol, acetone) other experiments shown that a positively charged strip...

Air at STP has pressure p = 1 atm = 1.013 ×105 Pa, and temperature T = 273 K. Use the ideal gas law to determine the number of molecules in a cubic meter of air. I have tried many different numbers and can't seem to get the correct answer. I guess I should use the formula PV = NkT so...

I was just wondering, what are the rods composed of that hold the molecules together in substances such as water? You have hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but I always see these life-size models of the molecules being held together with rods in between each atom - with no explanation of what they...

Hello, I am researching sound at Concordia University, Quebec. Recently, my mind was wondering and I thought about sound being produced by the air molecules bumping into each other. I began to wonder what else could do the same thing. Does light have contact with the air molecules in this...

Why is it that for the case of two polar molecules the dipole moment does not depend on the electric field from the dipoles?

I'm trying to do some thought experiments involving ionized gas. More specifically, I'm thinking about ionized air. For the sake of argument, let's just imagine that we're ionizing the air by sticking a pin out of a Van de Graaff generator that's positively charged. My main question is this...

This was a national science quiz question: What's the smallest amount of molecules for water to have the properties of a fluid. a)1 molecule b)2 molecules c)6 molecules What's the answer and why?

Hey I was just wondering if you know the height of the atmosphere, and the pressure that atmosphere creates on the Earth (1 atmosphere), then how would you approach calculating the number of molecules in the atmosphere? I was thinking of using the PV=NKT formula, where K is boltzmann's...

i have to type up some molecules, and i don't know how to make the numbers smaller. for some reason, i can't make the 2 in HgCl2 small. can anyone help me?

I've just recently read an article, about sugar molecules that form inside of cells, that was really shocking. Apparently, current research has discovered that some of these sugar molecules are many time more complex than DNA! What do you guys know about this? What is the purpose of these...

Hi Everyone i have been having problems with my school calendar lately, and had to change one course to a grade 12 chemistry, i just attended the class for the first time friday, and it has been 2 weeks since it started. My teacher is going all out with no mercy and giving me an assignment...

In 1999, Zeilinger and his colleagues fired beams of "carbon-60" or "carbon-70" molecules (so named because each molecule contains 60 or 70 carbon atoms) at a device called a diffraction grating. The individual molecules spread out in wavelike patterns, creating "interference patterns" visible...

Which are good databases to find 2D structures of molecules like the following: http://www.accelrys.com/cases/images/melanin2.jpg It is supposed to be a form of melanin, but I need a better one :) Swissprot won't work, since it is not a protein.. couldn't find anything in Entrez either :(

Are metal "molecules" actually molecules? As the title asks. Are things like FeC actually molecules? The way I read the defintions, a compound is a molecule consisting of more than one element. Metals are capable of more than one type of bonding. We can reduce any metal to a small group of...

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994552 Maybe is true after all that we are all "sons of the stars" This is a strong evidence that life is spread throughout the cosmos, don't you think?

I had never really heard anything about this, and now that I am reading about it, I am finding the results convincing. (Although I am still only just starting to get my hands on the actual results themselves, so I can't be certain yet). I am talking about work done on measuring the frequency...

What types of simple geometric shapes are represented by molecules? I think of linear polymers, DNA, buckyballs, benzene rings, various crystal lattices... What comes to your mind? Other polygons, hyperbolas, parabolas, spirals, fractals, ovals...? How about what's the most random or...

Can scientists see either atoms or molecules? If not, what is the smallest object/entity we can see?

I have read about experiments where entire atoms and even whole molecules were held in a state of quantum superposition. It wasn't until an observation was made that these molecules left their indeterminate state. If whole atoms and molecules can exist in quantum superposition, does theory...

I'm interested in engeeniring molecule with specific max. e-m wave apsorption. How to, where from to start ? eg. Like one used for blocking UV rays (btw do you have formulas of these molecules).

Which is the known molecule that is composed by the major number of atoms? DNA? I know that DNA is made of million of atoms

Water is a dipole right? Having a slightly positive side and a negative side. If this is true, then won't water molecules have a certain arrangement or pattern? Due to the "poles" attracting and repelling? Just like how magnets, which when stuck on sticks in a grid format, will...