Inorganic Chemistry

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1. Why does burning Mg explode when... 1 2

   By DandyGurl, November 17, 2004
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   • Primarygun
   • November 18, 2004

2. Why does chlorine dissolve in water, but iodine doesn't?

   By pritikamehra, December 2, 2013
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   • John Cuthber
   • March 10, 2014

3. Why does NO+ have a triple bond?

   By ecoli, October 21, 2005
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   • ajw2255
   • October 21, 2005

4. Why does spin up/parallel has lower energy than spin down/antiparallel when external field is applied?

   By King E, April 10, 2022
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   • exchemist
   • April 10, 2022

5. Why Does Water Evaporate?

   By hypnotiq, December 29, 2009
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   • insane_alien
   • December 29, 2009

6. Why does water expand into ice?

   By sunspot, February 28, 2006
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   • Bluenoise
   • March 23, 2006

7. Why Inconel?

   By MagnaMagicBtu, March 3, 2014
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   • Enthalpy
   • March 24, 2014

8. Why is ammonia a base?

   By flarn2006, May 14, 2010
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   • Physicsfan
   • May 16, 2010

9. Why is BaCl2 solution becoming cloudy over time?

   By 999xyu, May 22, 2020
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   • 999xyu
   • May 22, 2020

10. Why is carbon dioxide acidic?

    By leeweide, March 28, 2008
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    • hermanntrude
    • March 31, 2008

11. Why is carbon so special?

    By ed84c, February 8, 2004
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    • chemistry
    • February 9, 2004

12. Why is copper blue when it is oxidized?

    By cmersits, March 30, 2006
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    • RyanJ
    • April 2, 2006

13. Why is flourine so reactive?

    By ed84c, February 8, 2004
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    • agaubr
    • February 9, 2004

14. Why is hydrogen an electron donor?

    By StringJunky, November 30, 2012
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    • StringJunky
    • December 2, 2012

15. Why is it that Chemistry forums are obsessed with explosives? 1 2 3

    By SurfSciGuy, August 5, 2004
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    • Gilded
    • September 5, 2004

16. Why is NH3 so volatile but H2O isn't

    By John Mann, June 6, 2019
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    • John Mann
    • June 10, 2019

17. Why is the reaction going left?

    By Counta, November 29, 2015
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    • John Cuthber
    • December 6, 2015

18. Why is there no effective alternative to metal salts in antiperspirants?

    By jona173, May 24, 2019
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    • Ken Fabian
    • May 25, 2019

19. Why is this incorrect?

    By Ultrashnotebel, May 20, 2018
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    • Ultrashnotebel
    • May 20, 2018

20. Why isn't water flammable?

    By random!@#%, December 20, 2010
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    • Horza2002
    • January 20, 2011

21. Why mercury is a liquid at room temperature?

    By builgate, November 1, 2005
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    • RyanJ
    • November 1, 2005

22. Why metals..?

    By albertlee, September 14, 2005
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    • DQW
    • September 21, 2005

23. why microwaves heat food and not visible light?

    By lucio_, February 2, 2010
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    • swansont
    • February 19, 2010

24. why silver chloride is called lunar caustic ??

    By Parshotam, July 26, 2013
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    • Parshotam
    • July 26, 2013

25. Why there are "ionic water" in water??

    By albertlee, November 14, 2004
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    • budullewraagh
    • November 15, 2004