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Table of viscosity of water vs temperature

Above is the table for water physical properties table with temperature related with a,v,b,Pr,Ra factor. This table has temperature only from 0 to 100. May I ask if there is a full table for this with ...
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About the acidity of phenytoin

Can you explain why phenitoin is weak acid even though nitrogen is base? Does carbonyl group always make structure acid? If this structure doesn't have carbonyl group, would it be base not acid?
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What happens when you run house electricity through salt water?

What happens when you run house electricity (120VAC) through salt water? (with standard copper wires!) Well, in https://youtu.be/dcrY59nGxBg , an interesting experiment was conducted to find out! At ...
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What is the chemical reaction between coins (copper and nickel) and polyvinyl chloride?

I often carry coins in a cheap plastic sandwich bag. A green solid soon appears. Is it copper oxide? How is the polyvinyl chloride (or polyethylene or polypropylene) greatly accelerating the reaction?...
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Maximum possible hypochlorite concentration from electrolysis?

For reference, "electrochlorination" is just the electrolysis of a simple solution of water and table salt (NaCl) followed by reintroducing the chlorine gas produced. But, the Wikipedia article on "...
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Decomposition through thermolysis, electrolysis, photolysis [closed]

What decides whether a compound will dissociate (break-up) under thermal decomposition or photolysis or electrolysis i.e if I am provided with a compound and I'm asked to dissociate it then how will I ...
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What is the freezing point of sulfuric battery acid?

As we all know, the freezing point of absolute sulfuric acid is 10 °C. The average lead-acid battery (sulfuric) uses ~30% sulfuric acid, and has a freezing point much lower than 10 °C. What ...
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Galvanic corrosion between nickel brass nut and stainless bolt

I am planning to install something on a boat that will be in salt water, and my question is, will the nickel plated brass fastener not corrode if I connect it to stainless steel? I looked it up on ...
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