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Aluminium has a lower first ionisation energy than magnesium. This is because it's outer electron is in a p-orbital in comparision to magnesium's outer electron which is in an s-orbital. The outer electro...

It helps to be formulaic when approaching a broad essay title such as those found in an A Level Spanish paper. For example, if faced with the AQA June 2016 question - ¿Se puede decir que la representación...

One positive impact of a merger could be due to economies of scale. One economy of scale that could occur is bulk buyinh economies of scale. As a firm gets larger and output increases through a merger, it...

A surd is an irrational square root which cannot be reduced to a whole number when squared. When you think of the square root of 4, the answer is 2. When you think of the square root of 9, the answer is 3...

Eutrophication occurs when nitrate fertilisers are carried by ground water into lakes and ponds. The fertliser encourages algal growth in the water, which in turn blocks out sunlight. This causes submerge...