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Richard Terrett
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Pauli exclusion principle and resonance

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What software is used to generate the PDB molecule of the month images?

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Why shouldn't Uranium come in contact with water?

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Is there a simple field test for heavy water?

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Any false chemical element in history of chemistry?

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What open-source software can produce 3D PDF representation of molecules?

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The mole is used extensively in chemistry, why not elsewhere?

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Differences between H-H-O and H-O-H

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Are there notable organic compunds which look very similar but have very different properties?

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Why aren't lower aromatic organic compounds taught?

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How can a substance be diluted to nothing?

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Is it possible to compute the colour of *any* molecule?

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What's the difference between precipitate and turbidity?

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Z-matrix of a series of 5 colinear atoms

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Why are equilibrium constants unitless?

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What material are heat bags made of?

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How does oobleck work?

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Should one pronounce “periodic” the same in “periodic acid” and “periodic table”?

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How did Halogens become known as Halogens? They are not the only elements that form salts!

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Where can I find a downloadable spreadsheet of element properties?

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Do noble gasses besides Helium form diatomic molecules at low temperatures?

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Oxidation number for nitrogen in ammonium sulfate

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Which cyclohexane conformation is more stable?

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Is aqueous medium necessary for complex formation? if so, why?

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Is this mystery chemical reducing carbon emissions?

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Is it possible, chemically, to change a dextrorotatory compound to its levorotatory counterpart?

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Which chemical properties make a substance explosive?

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Where hydrogen belongs in the Periodic Table

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How is the electron "trapped in the crystal" in irradiated NaCl?

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How does one recognized Td/Oh symmetry in molecules?

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