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A substance will float on water if it has a lower density than water. Therefore, ice floats on water simply because it is less dense than water.

Water is unlike other substances in terms of ...

The pH of a particular substance depends on the functional groups that it has within its structure. What is a functional group? A functional group is a group of atoms and bonds within a molecule. The way ...

Polar molecules are those that have permanent dipoles. A permanent dipole occurs due to a difference in the electronegativity of the atoms involved in the bond. You might not be familiar with the term ´el...

I would then go through with the student and explain that an alkane is a hydrocarbon made up of single carbon-carbon bonds only. This is why butane ends in -ane, it begins with but- due to the number of c...

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