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Strange Sticky Substance on Digital Camera

Linear algebra and Hess's law?

Is there an uncertainty associated with the value 0 K for absolute zero?

Why does radiocarbon dating only work in nonliving creatures?

How are the Van der Waals constants a and b related to each other?

Can a long polymer chain interact with itself via van der Waals forces?

Why is the $\mathrm d_{z^2}$ orbital so different from the rest?

Reconstruction of NMR spectrum by entropy maximization (MaxEnt)

How does molecular structure contribute in the property of fluorescence?

What is an example of chemical reaction that can be assisted by both an inorganic catalyst and an enzyme?

Uses of Fourier / Laplace transforms in chemistry (apart from spectroscopy)

If change in free energy (G) is positive, how do those reactions still occur?

Is a hydrogen molecule smaller than hydrogen atom?

What is the physical significance of the universal gas constant R?

What is the difference between "vapour" and "gas"?

Can someone intuitively explain the reason for the units of entropy (J/K )?

Why do glow-in-the-dark substances dim gradually?

Oxygen Solubility in Water

How can I find out a substance's name from its structural formula?

Why does ordinary water have a triple point?

How do I figure out how many hydrogens my compound actually has using a mass and NMR spectrum?

Does sulfoxide H₂SO exist?

Quantifying soapiness; there's pH, pKa and pO2, is there a p_soap or p_surfactance?

Isn't the change in Gibbs free energy for a reversible process zero?

Fundamental doubts about energy levels vs. shells vs. subshells vs. orbitals

Rutherford's gold foil experiment thin sheets

Clarification of textbook concepts relating to "perfect", "ideal", and "real" gases

Melting point of aspirin, contradicting sources

Is it possible to build a non-degrading battery?

Pressure at which graphite and diamond are in equilibrium