A solution that has been titrated against a primary standard. A standard solution is a secondary standard.
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Features of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
The scanning tunneling microscope (STM) invented by Heinrich Rohrer and Gerd Binnig in the 1980s still manages to do a great job today and competes with more advanced microscope types. The scanning tunneling microscope is used for studying the surface atoms that are found on various materials. The...
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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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Chemical Safety
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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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Corrosion
Oxidation of metals in the presence of air and moisture.
Collision Theory
Theory of reaction rates that states that effective collisions between reactant molecules must occur in order for the reaction to occur.
Amine
Derivatives of ammonia in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by organic groups.
Element
A substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances by chemical means.
Doublet
Two peaks or bands of about equal intensity appearing close together on a spectrogram.
Polarization
The buildup of a product of oxidation or a reduction of an electrode, preventing further reaction.
Dispersing Medium
The solvent-like phase in a colloid.
Emulsifying Agent
A sustance that coats the particles of the dispersed phase and prevents coagulation of colloidal particles, an emulsifier.
Levorotatory
Refers to an optically active substance that rotates the plane of plane polarized light counterclockwise, also called levo.
Atmosphere
A unit of pressure, the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at 0 °C.
