Alkali metals (elements belonging to group 1 of the modern periodic table) are known to be highly reactive and are, therefore, typically found in... View Article
The term 'rusting' is often used synonymously with the term 'corrosion'. However, it can be noted that the term 'rusting' typically refers to the... View Article
The stiffness of a component is known to be a function of both the material and the geometry. At the material end, the stiffness of a substance... View Article
The chemical compound Bi2O5 (or bismuth pentoxide) is not known to be a pure compound. Moreover, it is known to be a mixture of various compounds... View Article
Plaster of Paris is known to be one of three primary types of plaster. Other notable types of plaster include lime plaster (which is made from... View Article
The values of the azimuthal quantum numbers for the s, p, d, and f subshells are 0, 1, 2, and 3 respectively. The s subshell can hold a total of... View Article
K is known to represent a vertical shift (the distance the graph has shifted from y = 0). For a given quadratic equation y = ax2 + bx + c, the... View Article
A buffer solution is a mixture of a weak acid and its conjugate base or a mixture of a weak base and its conjugate acid. Buffer solutions are... View Article
The latent heat of condensation is quite different from the latent heat of evaporation. The latent heat of condensation can be defined as the... View Article
Being an organic acid, a weak acid is benzoic acid. Acid suggests that in aqueous solution it leaves proton. The higher the proton-leaving rate,... View Article
A nucleophile is something that a positive or slightly positive component of another molecule or ion is drawn to, and then strikes. Both amines... View Article
Carboxylic acids have comparatively high boiling points compared to other organic compounds of a comparable molecular weight because of their... View Article
To decide how processes adjust and how much work they can do, free energy is used. It is expressed in two forms: the free energy F from... View Article
Diode, an electrical component that allows for only one direction of current flow. A diode is represented in circuit diagrams by a triangle with... View Article
In fact, several responses do not go to completion but instead approach a state of equilibrium in which all reactants and products are present.... View Article
A type of ionising radiation, which consists of photons called weightless energy packets. Gamma rays can pass through the human body completely;... View Article
In physical chemistry, emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids, one of which is present as droplets, microscopic or ultramicroscopic in... View Article
