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Give the reagents and conditions needed to convert a secondary alcohol into a ketone. Name the process which occurs during the conversion.

Reagents: Potassium dichromate and concentrated sulfuric acid (catalyst) Conditions: Heat under reflux The process which happens when a secondary alcohol is converted to a ketone is called oxidation.
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name the type of bonding in a molecule of water.

covalent
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A sample of hydrochloric acid has a pH of 2.34. 
Write an expression for pH and calculate the concentration of this acid.

pH = -log([H+]) Therefore, 10^(-pH) = [H+] [H+] = 4.57x10^-3
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What factors affect the lattice enthalpy of an ionic solid?

We must remember that negative energies (in any context) generally represent energetically stable configurations and as the energy of a system increases, it will become more unstable. Firstly, ionic size aff...
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Write a balanced chemical equation for the complete combustion of pentane.

First it is important to know the molecular formula for pentane and the products of the combustion reaction so that we can write the unbalanced equation. From the prefix 'pent' we know that the hydrocarbon c...
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