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What is a difference between a nucleophile and a base in organic chemistry?

A nucleophile and a base are both nucleophilic that means they both have afinity for a electron poor target. Both nucleophile and base are electron rich, often have lone pair of electrons such as Oxygen a...

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What is the name of the mechanism where bromoethane is produced from ethene?

Electrophilic Addition

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Explain what is meant by dynamic equilibrium. (2)

A reversible reaction where the forward and backward reactions occur at the same rate.

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Give two reasons why cryolite is used in the electrolysis of aluminium oxide.

The mixture of cryolite and aluminium oxide has a lower melting point than pure aluminium oxide. This means a lower amount of energy is required to establish effective conditions for electrolysis and thus...

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The lattice enthalpies of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide are different. Comment on this difference.

Differences in size of an ionic lattice are directly linked to differences in how exothermic the lattice enthalpy of a salt is. 

Mg2+ has a smaller radius than Ca2+  and thus ...

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