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When thinking of pressure I like to think of two boxes joined together with the reactants in one and products in the other. When you make the boxes smaller (increase the pressure) the items in the box wit...

Li and K both have one electron in their outer shell and therefore perform chemical reactions in a similar way and share certain characteristics.

The element carbon can exist as a few different "isotopes" - all this means is that the number of neutrons in the nucleus can vary to give atoms that behave the same way chemically so are still ...

A reaction in which energy is released into the surroundings by the system.

Group 5 and 6 have a different electronic structure, with group 6 having one extra electron that group 5.

If we look at Hunds rule, which states that electrons must occupy orbitals individually bef...