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What are covalent bonds?

Covalent bonds are a type of chemical bond formed by a shared pair of electrons between atoms.

Covalent bonds tend to occur between non-metal type atoms ...

Answered by Aneesh S. • Chemistry tutor

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What are optical isomers?

Optical isomerism is a paritcular type of steroeisomerism (stereoisomers are molecule that are made up of atoms joined up in the same order so have the same formula but are arranged di...

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What does the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution illustrate?

The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution is used to describe the fact that at a given temperature the individual atoms of an ideal gas are not all moving at the same velocity and thus have different kinetic ...

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What happens when some alkali is added to a buffer solution?

The dissociation of the weak acid ‘HA’ would be shown as:HA (aq) ⇌ H⁺ (aq) + A^– (aq)Adding alkali will add OH^- ions to the solution. These will react with the H⁺

Answered by Holly D. • Chemistry tutor

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How do reversible reactions reach an equilibrium?

Reversible reactions are reactions where the products are able to react themselves into the reactants. At the beginning of the reaction, there will be more reactants than products. But as the reaction goe...

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