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Why dose sodium oxide have a high melting point?

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...

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Explain how a buffer solution resists the pH change when an acid or alkali is added.

HA <----> H+ + OH-Acid:Adding an acid increases the concentration of H+ ions as acids are proton donors. These H+ ions react with the conjugate base, A-, to form HA and thus shift the equilibrium po...

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Describe how propenal, propanal and propanone can be distinguished from one another by simple chemical tests.

Propenal can be distinguished by adding bromine water, as it will go from a orange/brown solution to a colourless solution due to electrophilic addition. Propanal can be distingiushed from propanone by us...

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What is the difference between complete and incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon?

In complete combustion, there is a sufficient supply of oxygen which is able to react with the burning hydrocarbon allowing the reaction products H2O and CO2 to be formed.
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What is the evidence that disproves the Kekule model for benzene?

The enthalpy change of hydrogenation of benzene was shown to be less exothermic than 3 times that of hexene, therefore meaning that benzene does not contain three double bonds. X-ray imaging showed that b...

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