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Sodium oxide has a formula of Na₂O. Since sodium is a metal and oxygen is a non metal, sodium oxide is an ionic species. Sodium will lose an electron to form a cation and oxygen will gain 2 ele...

Mirrors can be made much larger than lenses (meters compared to around 1m max). Mirrors do not produce chromatic aberration. Mirror glass does not need to be as high quality as lens glass. Mirrors produce...

E = hfE = energyh = planck's constant = 6.63 x 10^-34f = wave frequency
c = fλf = c/λ
E = hc/λ
c = 3.0 x 10⁸ The speed of light which in this case is the speed of the ...

Insulin is made in the beta cells of the pancreas. They act on receptors on the target cells. This controls the uptake of glucose in the target cells by regulating the inclusion of channel proteins on the...

The founder effect occurs when a small number of individuals moves away from the main population, populate a new area, and found a new population. Two notable effects on the genetic profile of a ...