A binary compound of oxygen.
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Protein Design: Automated protein discovery and synthesis
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Chemical Safety
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Harmful Chemicals Found In Food
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Why do copper products change color, and what is the name of the process?
Probably, every person wants to know, why over time the copper turns green and becomes bloomed. This is easy to explain: that film is called patina.
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Alkaline Battery
A dry cell in which the electrolyte contains KOH.
Reaction Ratio
The relative amounts of reactants and products involved in a reaction, maybe the ratio of moles. millimoles, or masses.
Lanthanides
Elements 58 to 71 (after lanthanum).
Sulfuric Acid
H2SO4: colorless, oily liquid, boiling point 330C. A 96 percent solution is used in the laboratory.
Fire Hazard: This is a very powerful, acidic oxidizer which can Ignite or even explode on contact with many materials, i.e. acetic acid ,acetone+ HNOs, alcohols, + H202, NH4OH, HCL, NaOH, and others.
Sulfuric acid has a wide range of uses and plays a part in the production of nearly all manufactured goods.
Dextrorotatory
Refers to an optically active substance that rotates the plane of plane polarized light clockwise, also called dextro.
Activity Series
A listing of metals (and hydrogen) in order of decreasing activity.
Hydration Energy
The energy change accompanying the hydration of a mole of gase and ions.
Chemical Kinetics
The study of rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions and of the factors on which they depend.
The most expensive metal in the world
Do you think the most expensive metal is gold? No! On earth there are more valuable metals. But we need to divide the value of metals that occur in nature, and metals - isotopes, which are obtained in special laboratories. Let’s look at natural metals first.
Mole Fraction
The number of moles of a component of a mixture divided by the total number of moles in the mixture.
