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Potassium has 1 electron in its outer shell whilst Sulphur has 6 electrons in its outer shell, this can be deduced from the periodic table as Potassium is in group 1 and Sulphur group 6. When the two reac...

Before we start on exploring the implications of hybridisation, we should start with a definition. Hybridisation can be thought of as the mixing atomic orbitals into new hybrid orbitals suitable that can ...

Titrations are used to make soluble salts (remember solubility rules) from an acid and an alkali. There are no solids involved in this reaction and the solutions made are colourless so there is no way of ...

Homogeneous catalyst - catalyst is in the same phase as the reactants. Heterogeneous catalyst - catalyst is in a different phase as the reactants. What ...

Bioethanol is a renewable fuel produced from plants, which photosynthesise to grow, taking in carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. This means there is no net increase in carbon dioxide, which is a greenho...