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Describe prions and their function, give example of prion disease

Prions are certain proteins naturally occuring in organisms that have assumed wrong conformation during folding. This misfolded structure is highly infectious - if it comes into contact with healthy version ...
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How to answer elasticity questions

Answering Elasticity questions: Using technique DEED as for all other questions D- define E- explain E- example D- diagram YED = % Change in demand divided by the % change in income 1. Identify wether the go...
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Why does phenol react more readily with bromine than benzene?

The oxygen on the OH (of the phenol) has a lone pair which it donates into the delocalised pi system of the ringThis activates the ring and there is now a high electron density.This is now strong enough to p...
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Where does the formula for gravitational potential come from? Why the minus sign?

We know Newton's Law of Gravitation , which states that the force F between two bodies of masses M and m respectively, separated by distance R, can be given by: F = GMm/R 2 where G is the gravitational const...
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Explain why a polymer may be more suitable for bottles than glass

Polymers such as PET have various properties such as being flexibility, lighweight and good strenght to weight ratio that allow them to be ergonomically used by consumers. Polymers are also able to be pigmen...
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