I've got the following from a supposed new energy-storage technologist. It's supposed to be a fancy …
I've learnt in Chemistry that for example in Chromium, the 4s subshell only has one electron in favo…
Bromotricholoromethane is added to 1-hexene on heating in presence of peroxide. I think that the re…
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Finding transition states in Gaussian – focus: Electrophilic Addition Reaction First of all, I ai…
I ran molecular dynamics simulation with a molecule of methylcyclohexane soaked into a water box. On…
I was handling alum one day and accidentally I touched toilet soap after that. They reacted with eac…
Can someone please explain the bonding in a bridged metal carbonyl (like diiron nonacarbonyl)? I ca…
Aoyagi et al. (J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 115, No. 24, p 11393) reported that the addition of 2-lithio-…
I want to calculate BDE to measure the cost of hybridization of two molecules. There are many exampl…
I came across some hairy math that's used for analytical centrifugation, mostly for things like dete…
I'm reasonably unfamiliar with chemical notation, and recently I've come across something I'm not su…
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Can someone explain the following types of molecules and predict their structure and shape? It wil…
I keep trying to figure out how current is conducted through an electrolyte but all I can find are B…
In an article I am trying to understand the following occurs: (summarized below) Synthesis of oc…
Referring to this, when "hydrolysis of a salt" is its reaction with water: How is it that both the …
I've always heard that different isotopes of the same element have exactly the same chemical proper…
I want to implement differential equations in C# from Open Cell cellml file. The mathematical model …
I am using a rotary evaporator to separate DCM (dichloromethane) from some nasty tars. Before the ev…
Can someone explain me whether a protein (like an antibody) would bind to carbon? The carbon arises …
I was trying to figure out the different peaks in a XPS spectrum for Molybdenum, but I could not und…
I am interested in making silicon wafers from ordinary dirt without spending any money. Is this poss…
I have seen women who, in most cases, have lesser testosterone than men on average, over power some …
In some parts of the world food is stored with formalin so it looks fresh forever! This is astonishi…
I saw ingeniously simple "cooler box" yesterday - a double-walled plastic box with some liquid betwe…
why does the graph of ln[A] vs time produce a straight line for the first order rate law? also why …
As I understand it, the boiling point elevation in a particular solvent (in this case water) is a fu…
I'd like to calculate Bond Dissociation Energy and Bond Energy for ATP to a similar molecule. What f…
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