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How do I remember quotes from articles in my exam?

The best way to do this is to dedicate a page (or whatever materials you use to revise) for each theme, and pick two key articles for each theme. Make sure you really understand the articles- if you try to c...
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What is a flashbulb memory?

Flashbulb memories are extremely detailed and vivd recollections of a particularly memoriable or extraordinary event. Brown and Kulik suggested that the emotion we feel during these extordinary events activa...
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Explain why the second ionisation energy of boron is higher than the first ionisation energy of boron?

Boron is the 5th element in the periodic table, and has an electron configuration 1s 2 2s 2 2p 1 . The first ionization energy of Boron is the energy required to remove the single 2p electron, while the seco...
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What's the difference between an electrophile and a nucleophile?

It's really useful to know that 'phile' means love.Electrophiles 'love' negative charge - this means they are attracted to regions of negative charge. And as such they tend to be positively charged.Similaril...
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How are Van der Waals interactions formed between molecules?

This questions relies on understanding of electronegativity, instantaneous dipoles and temporary induced dipoles.Van der Waal's forces (also called London Dispersion Forces) are weak intermolecular forces be...
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