The science of chemistry, along with chemical engineering have given us many different products based on various chemicals that we use on a daily basis. Many of you are probably not aware that you use some pretty interesting compounds relatively often. Here we will mention two relatively common chemicals: hydrogen peroxide and acetone.
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Self darkening glass has been and still is one of the more interesting inventions that came from the domain of chemistry as a science, along with materials science. Although today there are also lenses made of plastic, here we will mention the early versions of lenses used in optics, that were bassed on glass as [...]
The wedding day is for most people the most important day of their lives. Lots of time and effort go into making this celebration of love run smoothly and insure everyone has a great time. It is all too easy however to get yourself in a muddle over the whole event and end up overlook [...]
There are many interesting groups of substances in the science of chemistry. The largest group of substances is based on a single element that we know as carbon. Since an entire branch of the science of chemistry, known as organic chemistry is based on this element, in this article we will mostly write about carbon [...]
Water is one of the most important substances known to the science of chemistry. It is a ubiquitous chemical substance that is composed of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, and is essential for all life forms that are known at the moment. Water covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, [...]
Alkali metals are truly a very interesting group of elements, that all have relatively similar properties. The chemistry side of these compounds is very similar. Under standard conditions (under temperature of 0°C, and pressure of 100 kPa) they all come in the form of metals with a characteristic silvery-gray coloration and with a very high [...]
There are many interesting groups of elements in chemistry. One of them is the group of metals that we know as the group of precious metals, although they don’t all come from the same group in the periodic table of elements. The metals that are usually considered to be precious nowadays are gold, silver, platinum, [...]
There are many interesting groups of elements in chemistry. One of them is the group of metals that we know as the group of precious metals, although they don’t all come from the same group in the periodic table of elements. The metals that are usually considered to be precious nowadays are gold, silver, platinum, [...]
Alkaline earth metals are indeed a very interesting and fascinating group of elements, that have relatively similar properties. The chemical side of these compounds is very similar. The following elements form the mentioned group (also known as group 2 in the periodic table of elements): berlyllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), stroncium (Sr), barium (Ba) [...]
