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How and why are black dendritic growths forming on copper cathode during electrolysis?
I recently performed electrolysis of a 0.01M CuSO4 solution with two copper electrodes at 8V (amperage was measured with an ammeter to be around 0.04-0.05 Amps) - 3 trials simultaneously in 100mL ...
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d-orbital resonance - is it real?
d-orbital resonance is usually invoked to explain the electron withdrawing nature of groups
such as $\ce{PH3^{+}}$, $\ce{SCN}$ through resonance, on a benzene ring. But ever since it was explained to ...
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Confusion about basic and normal salts
I am a high-school student and in my chemistry textbook, the examples of a normal salt are given below:
However when I searched up online about examples of a basic salt(my textbook gave only 2), I ...
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What combination of methane and water molecules could react to form the most oxidized molecule?
I'm imagining a type of alternative photosynthesis occurring in a hydrogen dominated atmosphere where alien plants take in methane gas and water and use light energy to create a glucose analog. The ...
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AI tools for chemistry [closed]
just wondering if people here are using any AI tools to help them for their chemistry work. If so, what are the tools you use and for which purposes?
Thanks!
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Quantum computation of atoms using qubits [migrated]
How can I simulate a hydrogen atom to IBM’s qubit composer? I’m looking to simulate the hydrogen atom on the distance of the proton with the electron. How can I find the complex-valued constants based ...
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What will be the most stable and acceptable structure of BrF3
In the structure of BrF3 as my teacher said the two lone electron pairs of Br are on the equatorial position an two Fluorine axial position and one Fluorine on equatorial position as the steric no is ...
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Why does benzene show -I effect and Ethene show +I effect in the attached structure
I started organic chemistry today for JEE exams (indian exam for engineering) and my teacher was teaching inductive effect in which he said that even though the hybridization hence %s character is ...
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Resonance versus resonance effect, what Is the difference?
While I was reading up on electron displacement effects I noticed the the definition of resonance:
It is a way of describing bonding in certain molecules or polyatomic ions by the combination of ...
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What is the spin state of the Fe(III)-TPTZ complex used in the FRAP assay, and how does it change upon reduction to Fe(II)?
I’m trying to determine the electronic configuration and spin states involved in the FRAP assay (Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power assay), which uses a complex of Fe³⁺ and TPTZ (2,4,6-tripyridyl-s-...
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Total spin from atomic spectroscopy term symbols, e.g. neon's excited states
I'm interested in deducing spin-flip energies of various atoms, from the NIST atomic spectra database. These are the minimal energies required to go from the ground state, to a state with some given ...
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Is it a coincidence that many toxic heavy metals can form monovalent or divalent ions in water?
For example, barium, lead, cadmium, and mercury can form soluble divalent ions, while silver and thallium can form monovalent ions. Less toxic heavy metals like tin, tungsten, platinum and gold don’t ...
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Can EDTA remove lead from glazed ceramic surfaces?
Can EDTA, and by extension other chelating chemicals used for lead removal, leach lead off of glazed ceramics?
For example, cleaning a mug with D-lead, which is a cleaner that uses EDTA as its ...
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Is it possible to use a macrocycle anion-receptor to process PFAS? [closed]
I've been reading papers on cyanostars which is what brought this question to mind. The idea comes from the fact that:
Decent macrocycle anion-receptors can be created in time-efficient ways
One of ...
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Do I need to consider electrons have entropy for Gibbs free energy?
I am working through some electrochemistry and I have come across an issue when calculating the change in Gibbs free energy of electrochemical half reactions. Searching in Google and AI responses are ...
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