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CO2 present in the air can dissolve in rain water producing carbonic acid. This acid is weak but can give rain water a slightly acidic pH of around 5.6

When this rain water falls it reacts with the...

All 3 compounds are basic structures in Organic Chemistry, more precise: Aromatic Chemistry, as all of them have a benzene ring (having a benzene in compound is definition of Aromatic compound). That give...

Electrons are spread around the atom, in layers outside of the nucleus (which holds the protons and the neutrons). These layers are called shells. The innermost shell can only hold 2 electrons, the other ...

An alkane is a chain of carbons connected together by single bonds (-C-C-C-C-C-). All carbons have to have 4 bonds, so the carbons in the middle of the chain are attached to two other carbons, and two oth...

The atomic radius across a period in the periodic table tends to decrease from left to right. As you move across a period the number of electrons from one element to the next increases by one. The electro...