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Which substance is an electrolyte?

Which substance is an electrolyte? Answer and Explanation: An electrolyte is the substance that is able to conduct electricity....

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Exothermic vs Endothermic reactions

Exothermic reactions are reactions that release energy. An example of exothermic reactions is combustion or burning. Endothermic...

Identify a Brønsted-Lowry conjugate acid-base pair in the reaction.

CH3CH2COOH(aq) + H2O(l) ---> CH3CH2COO−(aq) + H3O+(aq) The key to idenitifying Bronsted-Lowry acid-base pair and realizing that acid and...

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What is the difference between strong acid and weak acid

Strong acids dissociate completely. What does it mean? If a strong acid is put into water, it will break completely into H+ and whatever...

How to tell which bond is more polar?

To check which bond is most polar, you must first find an electronegativity table (easily found by googling). You will then identify 2...

2016 Nobel Prize goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan

Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan was awarded a Nobel prize in medicine for his discovery of pathways of cells recycling their contents, a term...

How do I recognize a strong acid?

You are doing acids/bases problems. You see a formula and wonder: How do I know if this is an acid and if it's strong or weak? Fear no...

Organic Chemistry at NYU during summer

Taking Organic Chemistry during summer is sometimes a tough task but oftentime rewarding one. Most of the students who you will find...

How to ace General Chemistry at NYU

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