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For discussions regarding questions that are considered on-topic for chemistry.se.
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I had a question that did not have all of the information needed to fully answer. Is it better to rewrite the question, or start a new question?
There was this question "How do I determine temperature and pressure rise whenever mols of gases are added in a isolated room?" that I attempted to answer - but in the end I found myself in ...
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Would it be a good idea to ask here why uric acid is not 1,3,7,9-tetrahydropurine-2,6,8-trione but rather is 7,9-dihydro-1H-purine-2,6,8(3H)-trione?
Would it be a good idea to ask here why uric acid is not what I would have guessed, i.e.
1,3,7,9-tetrahydropurine-2,6,8-trione
but rather is something that I find surprising, i.e.
7,9-dihydro-1H-...
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Are questions related to teaching chemistry on-topic?
I came across this question: Designing a mathematics course for 1st year chemistry students . The question is not directly about teaching chemistry, but it's about teaching mathematics to ...
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Regarding coronavirus questions
In recent days there have been an increase in questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. These range from questions about homemade hand sanitiser formulations to increasingly outlandish theories for ...
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It makes no sense to me that this question about thermodynamics was closed as being physics rather than chemistry
Several users voted to close this question,
Pressure-dependence of electrolysis voltage, in which the OP asked for help identifying the flaw in an electrochemical perpetual motion machine.
I gather ...
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How to make this question better?
So I asked this
question. But it got 2 downvoted with 5 views.
Which of the following alphabets have a five-membered chain as the longest chain? A, E, F, H, I, K, M, T, V, W, X, Y, Z?
a) A, E, H
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Will this question be well received here?
Preference to longest carbon chain or double bond?
Above structure and its nomenclature is given in my book. However, I suspect it is wrong because the Carbon chain of 8 instead of 7 is available. So ...
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Is there a daily pattern in closing questions?
Anecdotally, I get the impression that more questions are closed at night then in the morning (my timezone is UTC -5). Are there times of day where questions of the same quality remain open longer? Is ...
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Can I ask about alternative ways to synthensize a product?
I found ways to synthesise a product I need as part of a university assignment. We don't have the equipment or chemicals in the lab to do this task.
Is it ok to ask on this site on how to sythensize ...
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Creating question on jewelry cleaning
I had a question I was hoping I could get answered here, but since I'm not as familiar with your site, I wanted to post it on meta first to make sure I'm posing it in a way that's on-topic.
My ...
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Can I post a question about where to find data for skeletal 2D chemical structures?
I would like to post a question about where to find data for 2D skeletal chemical structures. Is this forum a reasonable venue?
I have found a number of websites which provide structural data in a ...
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About posting questions of high school level
I am new to this site. I just want to know that if my question/doubt is of low level, i.e, from high school, is it ok to post it or not?
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Guidelines for closing as off-topic, belong on a different SE
Thinking about:
Why room gets heated (closed and deleted, access to moderation tool > 10k reputation required)
Now, I agree that this question has a strong physics bent to it, but thermodynamics is ...
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What is the best site to ask computational questions?
I wish to know methods to calculate a particular entity which has to be calculated (computed) a high number of times in order to make my computation of the system quick and in realistic time. What is ...
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Why is my question is not accepted on this site?
A user told me that my question, Hybridisation of coordination compounds, is not accepted on site.
On What topics can I ask about here? page, the types of question that are not allowed are :
Do-my-...
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