Alkanoic (Carboxylic) acids

Alkanoic Acids Alkanoic acids are also known as carboxylic acids. A carboxylic acid can he identified from the carboxyl functional […]

Identification of gases and ions

Identifying Gases   Oxygen (Glowing wooden splinter) A glowing wooden splinter is inserted into the test tube that contain the […]

Volumetric analysis – Titration

Introduction   Volumetric analysis is an analytical method or procedure for working out the titre or concentration of an analyte […]

Fractions of Crude oil

Fractions of Crude Oil   Petroleum gases – These gases are liberated at the top of the column at temperatures […]

Petroleum or Crude oil

Crude Oil Crude oil or Petroleum is the chief source of hydrocarbons. Petroleum which means rock oil in Latin occurs […]

Molecular Polarity

Molecular Polarity   In chemical bonds, polarity refers to an uneven distribution of electron pairs between the two bonded atoms—in […]

Molecular shape

Molecular Shape While Lewis dot structures can tell us how the atoms in molecules are bonded to each other, they […]

Polar and non-polar molecules

Polar and non-polar molecules Chemical bonding is the result of either an atom sharing one or more outer orbit electrons […]

Detection of radiation

Detection of Radiation Diffusion Cloud Chamber The Diffusion Cloud Chamber is used to view high energy alpha particles, lower energy […]

Nuclear reactions – Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fussion

Nuclear Reactions Rutherford in 1919 transmitted nitrogen isotope into an oxygen isotope. The nitrogen was subjected to the action of […]