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Common Chemicals In Science

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. › Continue reading

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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Finance No Comments

Chemical Properties Of Glass

Materials science, together with chemistry, examines many interesting materials. One of the most commonly used and most well known is a material known as glass.

Glass is a material in which sodium and calcium silicate prevail. › Continue reading

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Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Finance No Comments

Chemistry of early photography

The science of chemistry is a science that is deeply incorporated in our everyday lives, but unfortunately, most of the people are most likely not aware of it being so. After reading this article, you will most likely think a bit more about this interesting and fundamental science the next time you will hold a photograph in your hands, or take a photograph with a camera. The occurences that were mentioned can serve as an great example for chemistry reactions that we witness often. › Continue reading

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Finance No Comments

The chemistry of carbon

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 chemistry, known as organic chemistry is actually based on this element, in this article we will mostly write about carbon as a very interesting and also important chemical element. › Continue reading

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Finance No Comments

Silver – the chemical element of mirrors

Mirror is an object with at least one polished, and because of that, specularly reflective sufrace. Mirrors are usually manufactured by applying a reflective coating to a suitable substrate. The most common substrate that is used today is glass, because of its transparency, ease of fabrication and rigidity. › Continue reading

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Finance No Comments

About the chemistry of detergents

Chemistry is a science that is deeply incorporated in our everyday lives, but most of the people probably aren’t even aware of it being so. After reading this article, perhaps you will think a bit more about this interesting and fundamental natural science the next time you wash your hands, clean the barbecue after a party, or pour the detergent in the washing machine. Every one of the mentioned cases can serve as an great example for chemistry reactions that we witness often. › Continue reading

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Finance No Comments