The total amount of energy in the universe is constant (also known as the Law of Conservation of Energy) energy is neither created nor destroyed in ordinary chemical reactions and physical changes.
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Why do copper products change color, and what is the name of the process?
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Protein Design: Automated protein discovery and synthesis
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What's In Your Beverage? How to Ensure Quality Control with CO2 Analytical Support
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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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Use of diamonds
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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.
Alpha (a) Particle
Helium ion with 2+ charge, an assembly of two protons and two neutrons.
Free Energy, Gibbs Free Energy
The thermodynamic state function of a system that indicates the amount of energy available for the system to do useful work at constant T and P.
Derivative
A compound that can be imagined to arise from a partent compound by replacement of one atom with another atom or group of atoms. Used extensively in orgainic chemistry to assist in identifying compounds.
Amphiprotism
Ability of a substance to exhibit amphiprotism by accepting donated protons.
Standard Electrodes
Half-cells in which the oxidized and reduced forms of a species are present at unit activity, 1.0M solutions of dissolved ions, 1.0atm partial pressure of gases, and pure solids and liquids.
Distilland
The material in a distillation apparatus that is to be distilled.
Chemistry is a familiar school subject
Everyone liked to observe the reaction of reagents. But few know interesting facts about chemistry, which we will discuss in this article.
Gel
Colloidal suspension of a solid dispersed in a liquid, a semirigid solid.
Doublet
Two peaks or bands of about equal intensity appearing close together on a spectrogram.
