7) Aqueous hydrogen peroxide is used to sterilise contact lenses. At room temperature, aqueous hydrogen peroxide decomposes very slowly to form water and oxygen.
The decomposition can...
a) (i) Give evidence from the diagram which demonstrates that the above reaction is exothermic.
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(ii) Construct the balanced chemical equation for the above reaction....
Terephthoyl chloride and ethylene glycol react by polymerisation to produce a polymer called poly(ethylene terephthalate), commonly known as PET. PET is used to make soft...
Terephthoyl chloride and ethylene glycol react by polymerisation to produce a polymer called poly(ethylene terephthalate), commonly known as PET. PET is used to make soft...
Methane, CH4, is the major constituent of natural gas.
(a) Draw a dot-and cross-diagram to show how the outer shell electrons are arranged in methane.
(b) At a...
3 . Methane, CH4, is the major constituent of natural gas.
(a) Draw a dot-and cross-diagram to show how the outer shell electrons are arranged in methane.
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9. Cement is made by heating clay with crushed calcium carbonate. During this process, the calcium carbonate is first converted to calcium oxide.
(a) Suggest why calcium...