June 17, 2014 Physical Science
Getting direction and reaching your destination in a road journey is the easiest thing to consider. If at all, we are off the track and stumble over an unknown path, we can always look for a road sign, a gas…
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June 17, 2014 Physical Science
Carbon Symbol: C Atomic Number: 6 Atomic Mass: 12.0107 amu (atomic mass units) Melting Point: 3500.0 C (3773.15 K, 6332.0 F) Boiling Point: 4827.0 C (5100.15 K, 8720.6 F) Number of Electrons: 6 Number of Protons: 6 Number of Neutrons:…
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June 17, 2014 Physical Science
The ideal gas law is on of the easier concepts of chemistry to understand and which can be applied directly to student’s lives, and this is why many students get interested in ideal gas law rather than stoichiometry of solid…
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June 17, 2014 Physical Science
Halogen is the name given to an element belonging to Group 17 of the periodic table. Older textbooks in the USA may refer to this Group as VIIA, while European texts may use VIIB. Group 17 is the terminology used…
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June 17, 2014 Physical Science
The basic building block of every organism, what we are all made up of and every living thing around us is made up of. Deoxyribonucleic acid is the basic building block of every living organism. It is the basic instructions…
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June 17, 2014 Physical Science
All matter is composed of particles. These particles are called atoms. Democritus of Abdera, a Greek teacher who lived during the fourth century B.C., was the first person to suggest the presence of atoms. He believed that these atoms were…
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June 17, 2014 Physical Science
HOW TO CONVERT FAHRENHEIT TO CELSIUS AND OTHER CLOSE ENOUGH METHODS OF CONVERSION Two systems for measuring temperature are-Fahrenheit and Celsius. Fahrenheit is used in the Imperial system and Celsius(used to be known as Centigrade) is used in the Metric…
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June 17, 2014 Physical Science
Iodine Symbol: I Atomic Number: 53 Atomic Mass: 126.90447 amu (atomic mass units) Melting Point: 113.5 C (386.65 K, 236.3 F) Boiling Point: 184.0 C (457.15 K, 363.2 F) Number of Protons: 53 Number of Electrons: 53 Number of Neutrons:…
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June 17, 2014 Physical Science
Rather than trying to define a mixture, it might be easier to define what a mixture is not. A mixture is not a pure substance. A pure substance, in chemical terms, is something with only one chemical present. That chemical…
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June 17, 2014 Physical Science
Alcohol is defined as any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group. If you ever go to a party and experience alcohol first hand it is obvious…
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