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Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947
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A useful chromatography resource from the RSC
The Royal Society of Chemistry has just published a useful resource for students that covers chromatography for the 16-18 year age group. It...
Progress in carbon capture?
This blog looks at a promising recent development which could lead to capturing carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels...
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- Thank you for the feedback and comments Austin. It is true that the definition of standard enthalpy of combustion refers to one mole of the compound so the units of the value should just be kJ. However, there is no command term "define" in...
- Probably my favourite part of teaching electronegativity is discussing with students the fact that it is a completely man-made scale. It correlates with observable physical quantities such as ionisation energies, but does not itself correspond...
- Hi Geoff,Interesting read, thanks! A couple of thoughts:1. I've always found the enthalpy/energy distinction a little tricky at this stage. I try to discuss the constant pressure distinction and how it relate to whether or not additional...
- Hello Ivan, The question you are referring to looks to be Question 16 on SL N22P1 and Question 18 on the corresponding HL paper. The first three data points form a straight line in which the concentration has decreased from 1.6 to 1.2 mol dm-3...