A polar covalent bond between carbon and oxygen is a carbon-oxygen bond. Oxygen has 6 valence electrons and chooses either to share two carbon... View Article
The Compton effect is a mechanism in which electrons collide and are dispersed by x-rays. The wavelength of the dispersed radiation does not... View Article
From its electron structure, the time of which a given element belongs can easily be calculated. The periodic table can be divided into blocks... View Article
In its pure nature, iron is a very light metal that is greyish. It is very reactive and can corrode or rust readily. It is malleable and a good... View Article
Chemistry often uses two types of logarithms, common logarithms (or Briggian) and natural logarithms (or Napierian). The power to which a base of... View Article
The physicist Erwin Schrödinger explained how a cat in a box could be in an ambiguous predicament in the world's most successful thought... View Article
The addition of a base such as NaOH to an aldehyde or ketone can release a little bit of enolate that can react with another molecule of... View Article
Salt is made up of and ionically bonded with sodium and chloride. Sugar, on the other hand, has covalent bonds and is composed of carbon, oxygen,... View Article
Since molecules exist, covalent bonds are stable. However, when enough energy is provided to a molecule, the bonds may be broken. A certain... View Article
A decomposition reaction is a type of chemical reaction in which two or more elements or new compounds break down into a single compound. An... View Article
An impulsive force is a force which acts on an object for a short period of time. In a collision that results in a change in the velocity or... View Article
However, the direction of electron flow in electrolytic cells can be reversed from the direction of spontaneous electron flow in galvanic cells,... View Article
Entropy is a measure of the dispersal of energy within the system. We see proof that in certain places in our lives, the universe tends toward... View Article
A large-scale method used to produce chlorine from salt is the electrolysis of brine. It is important that when they come into contact with each... View Article
When you descend into the party, the halogens get darker. Chlorine is yellow-green, fluorine is very pale purple, and bromine is red-brown.... View Article
Although the centripetal force acts at constant speed on an object travelling in a circle, the force often acts inward when the object's momentum... View Article
The chemical compound with the formula N(CH2CH3)3, commonly abbreviated Et3N, is triethylamine. Like diisopropylethylamine (Hünig's base),... View Article
The phenomenon of losing electrons, gaining oxygen or losing hydrogen is oxidation. The material which donates electrons or oxygen or gains... View Article
Air oxygen and other gases dissolved in nitrogen are an example of a gaseous solution. Although there is almost no function for interactions... View Article
On the other hand, ethanol (C2H6O) is an alcohol and is labelled as such at the end of the alcohol-containing oxygen atom, or hydroxyl (OH)... View Article
