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How does infrared spectroscopy work and where might you see it used in real life?

Infrared radiation has a longer wavelength than visible light, and is also called thermal radiation. The chemical bonds in molecules absorb infrared radiation at characteristic frequencies, which means it ca...
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Write 0.24242424... as a fraction in its lowest terms, show all your working

Let t= 0.2424242... 100T = 24.24242424.. 99T = 24 Fraction is therefore 24/99
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State two functions of membranes within cells

Membranes are largely used for the creation of optimum conditions. Membranes therefore keep the contents of organelles in isolation from the cytoplasm. Membranes may also be used to form transport vesicles f...
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Describe and explain how substances dissolved in blood plasma, such as oxygen and glucose enter the tissue fluid from the capillaries.

Simple molecules are able to move through the capillaries down the concentration gradient. An example of this would be oxygen moving from oxygen rich blood into the surrounding muscle. Other molecules are ab...
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Write equations and give the mechanism for the reaction of butanone with: 1) NaBH4 and 2) HCN

The first thing we need to do in this type of organic chemical reaction, is identify our electrophiles and nucleophiles. We know that due to the electronegativity of the oxygen atom in carbonyl compounds tha...
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