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what will happen if we add lithium cobalt oxide into water?is it true that molecule will break and lithium will make LiOH and CoO2? [closed]
I have tried to dissolve powder coated on cathode of lithium ion batteries.
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Should I give an endothermic reaction the exact energy it needs to occur or can I give it in parts?
I know this might be a silly question, but should I sustain the exact energy or more for the enthalpy of endothermic reaction to occur or can I give it in parts?
Let's say a certain reaction requires $...
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Why doesn't hydroxide associate with water analogously to proton forming hydronium?
I'm a novice at chemistry. I've heard that an acid needs water to show its acidic properties, that's why nitric acid needs to be associated with water to show its acidic properties:
$$\ce{HNO3 + H2O &...
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What is the resulting solution after leaching hardwood ash with water?
After doing online research, I've noticed there are differing interpretations on what happens when ash is mixed with water, so I've come here seeking clarification on what indeed happens, and also ...
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Creating HCl acid [closed]
I have the following reaction:
$$\ce{2 AlCl3 + 3H2O -> 2 Al(OH)3 + 6 HCl}$$
My goal is to create hydrochloric acid, but for the reaction shown, hydrochloride gas is produced instead. There are two ...
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Aspirin Hydrolysis at pH 2
Conducting an experiment, I found that very little salicylic acid was evolved performing hydrolysis at $\mathrm{pH \ 2}$ and at $\pu{45 ^\circ C}$. In fact, far more salicylic acid was evolved at $\...
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Mechanism of Birnbaum–Simonini reaction
When silver acetate reacts with iodine and $\ce{CCl4}$, it gives esters and 2 moles of $\ce{AgI}.$ But when it reacts with iodine and lead acetate, why does it give alkyl halide, $\ce{AgI}$ and $\ce{...
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Effect of mixing acids on solubility
Please help me clarify the title if you come up with a better way to put it (you certainly will).
My question is the following:
If you make a mix of equal parts of various acids (Bicarbonate, ...
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Hydrogen and Hydrogen ion
Is it correct that a hydrogen atom only has 1 electron and 1 proton since the atomic mass is 1?
Also, is the hydrogen ion composed of a single proton and no electrons?
In an ionization process we know ...
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Leaving Group Tendencies in Amide Hydrolysis
When we do hydrolysis of amides in basic conditions, we come across a mechanism in which the $\ce{OH-}$ ion attacks the carbonyl forming an intermediate as given in the photo:
When the carbonyl gets ...
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Isomerization of phosphorylated 2-imino-1,3-dioxalanes into phosphorylated cyclic carbamates
I found a patent dating back to the Soviet Union. The patent number is 256764, and the patent describes the synthesis of phosphorylated cyclic carbamates. Here is a section of the patent, followed by ...
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Reacting ZnSO4 with KCl
I'm considering the following reaction:
$\ce{ZnSO4} + 2 \ce{KCl} \ce{->} \ce{ZnCl2} + \ce{K2SO4}$
The high solubility of $\ce{ZnCl2}$ would favour the $\ce{ZnSO4}$ & $\ce{KCl}$ direction of ...
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Potassium carbonate vs. Potassium hydroxide in Wood Ash
I'm trying to get more concrete information about the chemical process of creating soap from wood ash.
What I’m confused about: Many soap-making materials say that you create potassium hydroxide ...
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Why doesn't open-chain glucose react with water readily in aqueous solution?
Though the exact number given varies from 0.02% to 3%, it's well agreed that glucose spends a very small percentage of its time in aqueous solution as a linear aldehyde. Glucose's overwhelming ...
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What happens when mixing elemental mercury with sodium hypochlorite solution [closed]
Say you spilled elemental mercury from a thermometer and used household bleach on it, what would be the reaction if any?
