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When simple molecular substances such as a hydrocrabons are boiled, the intermolecular forces between the molecules are broken down. Heat energy is required to break down these forces. Butane is larger th...

A reversible reaction where the forward and backward reactions occur at the same rate.

The mixture of cryolite and aluminium oxide has a lower melting point than pure aluminium oxide. This means a lower amount of energy is required to establish effective conditions for electrolysis and thus...

If we know the chemistry for a reaction we only need to know quantities from one of our reactants to calculate a product yield. For instance, in a reaction to make hydrogen peroxide, we can calculate the ...

Hydrocarbons are long chained, non-polar molecules of Carbon and Hydrogen. As the chain length increases the boiling point of oil increases and the intermolecular forces get stronger. At smaller chain len...