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Energy that cannot do work, often compared to the disorder of a system. Total entropy can never decrease.

Compound E is an unbranched alkane. The general formula of an alkane is C_nH_2n+2.Compound E is CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₃.Com...

Atoms can be modelled as point positive charges with clouds of electrons around them. When two atoms come together close enough, a region of higher electron density forms between the two atoms. This means...

Mass spectroscopy is a highly sensitive method of analysing samples of elements and determining the isotopes present and their relative amounts. We can break down the method into four major steps: (in ord...

There are two aspects to this question: thermodynamics and kinetics.
It is a fundamental law that the entropy of the universe must increase for a process to be feasible. This implies that the Gibbs ...