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• Can a rubbing alcohol conduct electric current?
  
• What is the pH of a #1*10^-5# #M# solution of sulfuric acid?
  
• How can I explain the enthalpy of a system?
  
• Why are resonance structures necessary?
  
• Question #5f334
  
• What is the difference between an electrophilic substitution reaction and a nucleophilic substitution reaction?
  
• Question #2a46a
  
• What volume of a #1.5*mol*L^-1# solution is required to deliver a #3.0*mol# quantity of solute?
  
• How would I convert the following to ppm? 3 grams of lead found in 30kg of soil.
  
• All of the reagent solutions have a concentration of 0.2 M. This means that there is 0.2 mole of dissolved substance per liter of solution. What will be the concentration after mixing, assuming you use equal volumes of each solution?
  
• What is indicated by the #methyl-# prefix?
  
• What states of matter can flow?
  
• Question #68599
  
• Question #2a118
  
• How does the mass of the substance effect the specific heat value?
  
• On a mountaintop, it is observed that water boils at 90°C, not at 100°C as at sea level. Why does this phenomenon occur on the mountaintop?
  
• How can you can tell the difference between a solution and a clear colloid?
  
• Question #2d155
  
• Why is cholesterol in the blood?
  
• Question #8af18
  
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• Question #a9349
  
• Is uranium a fossil fuel?
  
• What is the difference between compounds and mixtures?
  
• Question #ece79
  
• Does pure water have a concentration?
  
• What's one thing you like about Socratic?
  
• Why alkenes called olefins?
  
• Is combustion a physical or chemical change? Why?
  
• Question #af560
  
• Why do bases feel slippery?
  
• Question #42299
  
• Any 3 reasons for profuse use of plastics although it is harmful?
  
• What safety equipment should always be used when working with glass or chemicals?
  
• Question #edc6b
  
• Why does the Antarctic have a large hole in the ozone, when no one even lives there?
  
• Question #3c6f1
  
• What is a neat liquid?
  
• Woollen clothes are biodegradable but nylon clothes are not. Why do you think is the case?
  
• Does pure water have more H+ ions than OH- ions?
  
• Question #ce94f
  
• Consider a mixture of water, sand, and oil. How many phases are present? How could you separate mixture into individual substances?
  
• Question #1e971
  
• What is laughing gas called? ?
  
• Silver emits light of 328.1 nm when burned. What is the energy of a mole of these photons?
  
• What are some examples of colloids and suspensions?
  
• Question #ebf5e
  
• What are the products when Alka Seltzer dissolves in water? Is it water and carbon dioxide, i'm not really sure with that
  
• Why do bases feel slick in nature?
  
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of emulsion polymerization as compared to bulk and solution polymerization?
  
• How does plastic benefit and harm the environment?
  
• Question #39df6
  
• Question #147e5
  
• One solution contains 55 g #NaCl # per liter. and another contains 55 g #KCl# per liter. Which solution has the higher molarity? How can you tell?
  
• How do you convert 2 tons to grams?
  
• How many grams of water could be made from 5.0 mol #H_2# and 3.0 mol #O_2#?
  
• Is there a membrane that stop liquid water but let Methane gas in?
  
• Question #c2f50
  
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• Question #80627
  
• Why is an alkyl group is denoted by #"R"#?
  
• Question #ffab1
  
• Is a suspension a homogeneous or a heterogeneous mixture?
  
• What is an example of a colloid?
  
• How much energy (in joules) is required to raise the temperature of 200g of liquid water from 20c to 50 c?
  
• When you blow air into a balloon, not only there will be increase in it's pressure but also it's volume. Is it a violation of Boyle's law?
  
• Question #e788e
  
• Why can't we react francium with water?
  
• What are the differences between hydration, hydrolysis and condensation?
  
• The half-life of cobalt-60 is 5.2 years. Find the time it would take for a sample of 0.5 grams to decay to 0.1 gram?
  
• What volume of concentrated #HCl# contains a mass of #125*g# #HCl#?
  
• A #"standard solution"# is #"aqueous"#, #"unsaturated"#, #"a mother solution"#?
  
• What is the name of the compound # P_2O_5#?
  
• What is formal charge and how is it determined?
  
• Question #73746
  
• Question #f678c
  
• What is the highest point on earth?
  
• Question #b65fa