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What causes a chemical reaction to happen?

There are two aspects to this question: thermodynamics and kinetics. It is a fundamental law that the entropy of the universe must increase for a process to be feasible. This implies that the Gibbs Free Ener...
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What is the difference between ionic and covalent bonding?

Ionic bonding is an 'electrostatic' force of attraction between a charged metal and non metal ion or compound. These atoms or compounds become ions due to the loss or gain of electrons. The two ions give or ...
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Describe and explain the changes between sulphuric acid with copper carbonate, connected to a test tube with limewater.

The limewater turns cloudy (due to formation of C0 2 )Solution fizzes/effervescesSolution turns blue
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Describe the relationship between the number of carbon atoms in an alkane molecule and its boiling point.

As the number of carbon atoms increases, the boiling point increases.
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What is ionic bonding?

It is a type of bonding where there is an electrostatic attraction between negative charged ions and positive charged ions. In this way atoms chemically combine, to produce a compound.
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