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Cooking Chemistry: Recipe for Right Density Pancakes
Density is an intensive measure of “quantity”. The quantity of a substance in Physical Chemistry is commonly measured by such extensive properties as weight, mass, volume, and intensive properties in concentration units, like Molarity (moles per liter), Molality (moles per ...
Is Learning Chemistry difficult? Are you stressed about it?
Exam time is coming and we have 1,100 freshman chemists getting stressed and nervous, so this is for them. You need “stress” in your life. No stress would mean you would stay in bed all day. Well I’m a chemistry prof ...
The Thermodynamics of Weight Loss.
There are diets and fads galore out there, with one gimmick vying for another to take your money. Such diets appeal to your desire to lose weight and your laziness to do it without effort: a quick and easy way ...
The Chemical Kinetics of Sobering Up
Throughout societies, cultures and the age’s alcohol has been consumed and enjoyed. My first taste of Yorkshire bitter was a sip from my father’s glass at the age of four, and as I screwed up my face, he said to ...
Entropy (Part 6): Randomness and ensembles
httpvh://youtu.be/wFe2zu2116I After rolling 2, 3, 4, 10 and Avogadro's dice, as seen in the entries below, it becomes clear that the most random states (most number of ways of rolling a number) always dominate while those with fewer arrangements occur less ...
Am I the one who found the famous Solvay 1927 conference photo?
This is, perhaps, the most famous physics photograph showing the conference held in Brussels in 1927 and chaired by Hendrik Lorentz. The theme of the conference was photons and electrons, and the delegates struggled to understand the meaning of the ...
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