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Improving accuracy of water lead test
Home water tests for lead have an accuracy of about 15 ppb. If I first do a gentle/slow boil for one hour (hot plate under a glass beaker of water) to reduce 2000 mL to 20 mL, will I then effectively ...
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Relative humidity and vapor-pressure in equilibrium
I have quite an unclear understanding of relative humidity. I am writing my understanding on the topic and please correct me wherever I'm wrong:
What I understood:
Let's say $\ce{H2O}$ has a (...
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Definition of enthalpy of vaporization
The amount of heat required to vapourize one mole of a liquid at
constant temperature and under standard pressure (1 bar) is called its
standard enthalpy of vapourization.
The enthalpy of vaporization ...
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Comparison of evaporation rate of liquids
Evaporation: Evaporation
is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it
changes into the gas phase. When a molecule near the surface absorbs
enough energy to overcome the ...
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Why does Vapor Pressure decrease on addition of solute? [duplicate]
Consider a vessel with a volatile liquid in it. Let's say it has a vapor pressure $P^0$ when it is pure.
Now a non-volatile solute is added to it. Its vapor pressure decreases as $P^0\chi_{solvent}$.
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Why do stronger intermolecular forces lead to a larger change in temperature?
We performed an experiment where tissue paper soaked in various chemicals was wrapped around the end of a temperature probe.
The chemicals with stronger intermolecular forces had a smaller drop in ...
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