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| | | | | Quick, without looking it up: how many elements are there onthe periodic table? If I had asked that question before the first hydrogen bomb exploded in 1952, the answer would have been 98. In that year, humans succeeded in synthesizing the first element that the crucibles ofstarsand supernovae hadn't supplied to Earth: Einsteinium. Since... | |
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| | | | | Before you read this, I suggest you read posts 17.49 and 25.4. The purpose of this post is to show how we can use the idea of a resonance hybrid to explain the relative acidity of acetic acid (also called ethanoic acid - the acid that gives vinegar its flavour), ethanol (the alcohol in alcoholic... | |
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| | | | | 2.43 - 2.31 billion years ago There are some interesting parallels between chemistry on the one hand, and linguistics on the other. Remarkably,a recent article makes a strong casethat there is an actual historical connection between the science of linguistics and the science of chemistry. Specifically, Mendeleev's construction of the Periodic Table of Elements was... | |
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| | | Michael Rowe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa. | ||