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Is there a difference between equilibrium and steady state?

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How can you build a model of tetrahedral coordination from objects found at home?

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Is there a name for this algorithm to calculate the concentration of a mixture of two solutions containing the same solute?

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Are there acid/base processes in aqueous solution that are so slow that they are kinetically controlled?

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Why would there be a non-zero Gibbs energy of mixing for ideal gases?

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Experimental evidence for zwitterions

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What is the mathematical meaning of the plus sign (+) in chemical reaction equations?

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What is the English translation of the German term "Aufschluss", a method to get insoluble analytes into solution?

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Boltzmann factor vs. graph of Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution

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How to you show a 3-center 2-electron bond in a Lewis structure?

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In a liquid-in-glass thermometer, how does the gas pressure over the liquid affect the linearity of measurement?

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Are there separate quantity symbols for the pKa of a substance and the pKa of its conjugate acid?

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What are the degrees of freedom that define the temperature of an ionic solid (such as sodium azide)?

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In acid/base chemistry, are there amphoteric substances that undergo something that resembles disproportionation in redox chemistry

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In the absence of a physical model, how can I use free software to visualize stereochemistry?

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Which textbook is this image on protein tertiary structure from?

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The source for the N-N bond dissociation energy of 240 kJ/mol in the table

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Why do solutions of electron in a box (and in a ring) predict coefficients for LCAO (linear combination of atomic orbitals) in 1D systems?

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How accurately does (pKa1 + pKa2) / 2 estimate the pH of an amphoteric salt?

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Molecule with a quadrupole moment in an electric field

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Changes in pH when adding substances other than acids or bases

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What is the Gibbs energy of dissolving a solid in pure water?

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How can you use ICE tables to solve multiple coupled equilibria?

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Is liquid water in equilibrium with water vapor at room temperature?

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Does gas chromatography follow the "like interacts with like" rule of thumb?

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What is the physical state of vitamin E acetate at room temperature and normal pressure

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Link between centrosymmetry, dipole moment and chirality

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What repulsion keeps non-hydrogen atoms at a distance: between inner shells or between nuclei?

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When non-polar particles interact through dispersion forces, how fast does a temporary dipole induce a dipole in the neighboring molecule?

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For molecular orbitals, how is an energy of zero set or defined?