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Graphite and diamond are both made from carbon atoms. Why can graphite conduct electricity while diamond cannot?

The carbon atoms in diamond make four bonds The carbon atoms in graphite make three bonds Graphite has delocalised electrons which can move through the graphite to carry a charge Diamond does not have del...

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The MMR vaccine is given to children in order to prevent the conditions measles, mumps and rubella. Describe how a vaccine works?

  • Vaccines contain dead or inactive forms of a pathogen. - These dead or inactive forms stimulate the white blood cells to produce antibodies against the pathogen. - If a person is infected by the pat...
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Answered by Victoria H. Biology tutor
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Factorise y^2 + 7y + 6

So here we have a quadratic equation because it has the structure a^2 + bx + c. In order to factorise a quadratic we first need to look for two numbers that we can multiply together to get 6 and add toget...

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Answered by Victoria H. Maths tutor
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Discuss Yeats’ presentation of his disappointment in Ireland in ‘The Fisherman’

Yeats reaches a point of resignation in the second stanza by confirming his envisioned fisherman to be “A man who does not exist, / A man who is but a dream”. The anaphora and the indication of the fisher...

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Answered by Caroline N. English tutor
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What is electronegativity?

Electronegativity is a key concept used to describe bonding and can be defined as the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons. Each element has a unique number of protons, in Hydrogen's...

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Answered by Jay G. Chemistry tutor
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