The reaction of a substance with water or its ions.
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Varieties of garnet minerals
The most famous type of garnet stone is pyrope (flaming). This is the "oldest of garnets", with a dense red color, similar to the grain of an edible garnet. Pyrope has a variety called rhodolite - a stone of dense pink or pink-purple color, which sometimes has the alexandrite effect and is used in...
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Creating Malachite egg
One of the most interesting and obvious chemical experiments is the experiment on the interaction of copper sulfate and calcium carbonate. The latter is contained in the shell of a simple egg, but copper sulphate should be searched in a chemical reagent store. This experience is simple, but...
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Diamonds Are Forever
Diamonds are still a girl's best friend, right? We love the shiny gems. They are the most popular rocks sold today. But what exactly are they, anyway? Where do they come from? What else are they used for?
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Protein Design: Automated protein discovery and synthesis
In this paper I describe (theoretically) the method(s) of automated protein discovery and synthesis.
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Harmful Chemicals Found In Food
It's getting close to New Years and many people are starting to think about how to lose those extra pounds they managed to gain over the holidays. There are many sorts of diets and fads that have developed over the years from cutting carbs to cutting protein. Everyone has their own opinion as to...
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Oxidation
An algebraic increase in the oxidation number, may correspond to a loss of electrons.
Electrolytic Cells
Electrochemical cells in which electrical energy causes nospontaneous redox reactions to occur. An electrochemical cell in which chemical reactions are forced to occur by the application of an outside source of electrical energy.
Ionic Compounds
Compounds containing predominantly ionic bonding.
Supercritical Fluid
A substance at temperature above its critical temperature.
Lanthanides
Elements 58 to 71 (after lanthanum).
Matter
Anything that has mass and occupies space.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
The universe tends toward a state of greater diorder in spontaneous processes.
Anode
In a cathode ray tube, the positive electrode. Electrode at which oxidation occurs.
Binary Acid
A binary compound in which H is bonded to one or more of the more electronegative nonmetals.
Free Radical
A highly reactive chemical species carrying no charge and having a single unpaired electron in an orbital.
