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Why does ice float on water?

When water freezes into ice, the H 2 O molecules form Hydrogen bonds between each other and arrange themselves into an open lattice structure. This causes the molecules in ice to be further apart from each o...
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Draw the mechanism for the reaction between ethanoyl chloride and a nucleophile

nucleophile will attack partially postive charged carbon, and kick out leaving group i.e the chloride ion. Giving a product.
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How many moles of carbon dioxide is produced when 73.6 g of ethanol is burned completely in oxygen?

Write down the formula of ethanol: CH 3 CH 2 OH . Then the reaction equation: CH 3 CH 2 OH + 3O 2 ----> 2 CO 2 + 3H 2 O Calculate the molar mass of ethanol, which is 46.0 g mol -1 . Then calculate the num...
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How do you convert between different SI units, for example, nmol to mmol?

Convert 560nmol to mmol. 1) nmol – 10 -9 --> mmol – 10 -3 2) L <-- S ( L arge goes on the l eft) 3) Bounce decimal point to the left 4) -9 --> -3 = difference of 6 so bounce decimal point 6 places t...
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Why is ethylamine a stronger base than phenylamine?

A base is a proton acceptor. Amines work as bases due to the electronegativity of the nitrogen atom. The lone pair in the nitrogen atom is filled in a 2p(z) orbital, in phenylamine, the p orbital sufficientl...
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