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Paul J. Gans
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I am a retired teacher of chemistry at the university level. My particular fields are thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. From being retired it is possible to infer that I'm one of the over-the-hill gang. One might be right about that, I'm the wrong person to ask.

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Why are atoms with eight electrons in the outer shell extremely stable?
Sep 19, 2012
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Negative Kelvin Temperature
Nov 9, 2012
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Is carbon tetrachloride an electrolyte?
Jul 5, 2012
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What is a rigorous definition of gas volume, and how is the Van der Waals equation derived?
Jul 2, 2012
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Law of Multiple Proportions: What is the significance of small whole numbers?
Jan 22, 2013
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Difference between thermodynamic and kinetic stability
Jan 6, 2013
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Will gaseous ionic compounds be free moving ions?
Nov 7, 2012
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Calculating entropy: why consider a reversible path?
Oct 1, 2012
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Tetrahedral or Square Planar
Apr 12, 2013
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Which materials/compounds expand in response to cold temperatures?
Jan 17, 2013
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The number of degrees of freedom of a monatomic gas
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Why do reversible processes not increase the entropy of the universe infinitesimally?
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Could temperature have been defined as $-\partial S/\partial U$?
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Why do covalent bonds form?
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What happens when you heat vodka in a microwave?

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