Chemistry is the study of the composition, arrangement, and properties of matter. In the universe, matter is simply something that takes up space... View Article
Chlorine is an oxidising agent since it needs one electron in its valence shell to occupy the one empty space. Chlorine is capable of taking... View Article
Calcium is an alkaline earth metal. To form cations with a 2+ charge, all the alkaline earth metals readily lose their two outermost electrons.... View Article
As their outermost layer undergoes a chemical reaction, Tarnish is a thin layer of corrosion that occurs on copper, brass, iron, magnesium,... View Article
Orbitals with angular momentum quantum numbers l = 0, 1, 2, and 3 are referred to by the simple names s orbital, p orbital, d orbital, and f... View Article
Polysaccharides, or glycans, are polymers that are made up of hundreds of monosaccharide monomers connected by glycoside bonds together. Examples... View Article
Alkali metal, one of the six chemical components of the periodic table in Group 1 (Ia), namely lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium... View Article
The degree of association is classified as the fraction of the total number of molecules that are connected or combined, resulting in a larger... View Article
Corrosion, related to the problem, primarily oxidation, due to chemical reactions (see oxidation-reduction, oxide). (see oxidation-reduction,... View Article
All the mass of the atom comes from the nucleus, but all of its size is due to the refusal of the electron to get too close to the proton. The... View Article
Owing to the deposition of the respective metal oxide on their surface, when such metals are exposed to moisture, acids etc., they tarnish.... View Article
Corrosion is when a refined metal, such as its oxide, hydroxide or sulphide state, is spontaneously converted to a more solid form, which... View Article
At a given temperature, the product of water concentrations and ions is known as the ionic product of water. It is designated as . With the rise... View Article
One such effective disinfectant is potassium permanganate (KMnO4) solution, and several researchers have used it against a wide variety of... View Article
A homogeneous mixture in any given sample has the same proportion of its components and is often referred to as a solution. Conversely, there are... View Article
Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that occurs as it releases into the air pollutants such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. These... View Article
Baking soda isn't a substitute for baking powder. If you substitute your baked goods for an equivalent amount of baking soda for baking powder,... View Article
The 7.0 pH at the core of this scale is neutral. Blood, with a typical pH range of about 7.35 to 7.45, is usually mildly basic. The body... View Article
A difference in free energy, called delta G (ΔG), is involved in each chemical reaction. For any mechanism which undergoes a transition, such as... View Article
Chemical bonding is the mechanism in which, typically to create a new substance, atoms or molecules join or bind together. The outer orbits or... View Article
