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Vegetable oils are reacted with hydrogen at 60 degrees Celcius in the presence of a nickel catalyst. This process is called hydrogenation. Vegetable oils contain carbon to carbon double bonds meaning they...

Increase in temperature causes a decrease in soulubility of gases so loss of oxygen and therefore fish die due to a loss of oxygen 

First take a look at the equation and see how many elements there are, in this case we have 3 different elements; Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. To balance the equation start off by balancing the elements i...

In an ionic bond, the bond is due to electrostatic attraction between the two ions. In a covalent bond the bond is formed due to the sharing of electrons between the bonding atoms.

Both Magnesium Oxide and Sodium Chloride exist as a giant ionic lattices where each oppositely charged ion is held in place by a strong electrostatic attractions. These ionic bonds are strong and require ...