Many people wonder about the total number of elements present in the Earth’s crust. The right answer to this question is around 118 elements according to the periodic table. There are about 94 elements that are naturally occurring while the remaining are said to be the trans-uranic elements or artificial elements, which are synthesized in [...]
When iron corrodes by coming in contact with water and oxygen rust is formed. As soon as rust surfaces it must be removed as it then leads to decay of the material it has affected. Once started, rust spreads easily.
The rust can be brushed away with sandpaper. A layer of antirust solution must then be [...]
Most people discard objects having rust stains on them, thinking that they are of no use anymore. This is far from the truth. Rust stains are removable. No matter which object they affect it is possible to get rid of them.
If rust stains have spoilt your clothes there are a few ways to fight it [...]
The uses of iron are innumerable. It is probably the most important metal for the human race, which has discovered its uncountable uses since 3500 B.C.
Pure iron, a grayish white metal, is scarce on Earth. It is only available in fallen meteorites. Apart from that, the iron on earth is found as a combination with [...]
Glass, perhaps, comprises of one of the largest part of industrial and domestic waste materials. With food bottles, show pieces and broken glass wares and light bulbs etc., the magnitude of the waste can be scarcely imagined. Glass in itself is a non-toxic, inert material. It is not really hazardous when it is dumped but [...]
We live in the age of plastics and hence most of the things that we use today are made up of different kinds of plastics. Plastics are synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids. There are many kinds of plastics available that differ because they have different molecular mass.
Plastics are very flexible and therefore, you can mold [...]
We have all heard about different chemical compounds like baking soda, carbon dioxide and calcium chloride but do we really know what exactly these chemical compounds are. Chemical compounds are chemical substances, which are made up of two or more chemical elements. Since every chemical compound is made up of two or more chemical elements [...]
Are you interested in learning more about chemical substances and how they are made? If you are then you must definitely know more about chemical reactions because chemical reaction is a process where chemical substances transform from one substance to another.
Chemical reaction is a process in which electrons are constantly breaking and forming to transform [...]
Nucleons are composite particles made up of protons and neutrons. Nucleons are an important part of an atomic nucleus and therefore, they are important if you are interested in learning particle physics or quantum chromodynamics.
Every mass in the matter is made up of atoms and molecules, and atoms are the smallest part of the particle. [...]
In simple organic chemistry, hydrocarbons are chemical compounds that are made up of hydrogen and carbon. They are considered as one of the most important energy resources on the planet.
There are different kinds of hydrocarbons present and most of the hydrocarbons normally occur in crude oil. Hydrocarbons normally evolve from fossil fuels on the Earth [...]
Every chemical compound is made up of atoms and molecules and the attraction between these atoms and molecules is known as a chemical bond. Chemical bonds are normally created when two different compounds have different electrons and nuclei and when there is an electromagnetic force between the two chemical compounds.
There are mainly three kinds of [...]
Over a period of time, humans have found a way in which they can harm a lot of people at one time. Chemical agents are nothing but just simple chemical compounds that are designed to create some kind of human health problems either to destroy or to cause inconvenience to human beings. Some examples of [...]