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January's Most Popular Articles...
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Why Oil and Water Don't Mix: Oil and water don’t mix – they are described as ‘immiscible’. Crude oil floats on the sea after a spill from a tanker. Motor oil shows up as a sheen on… [538 views in Jan]
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Soap and Detergent Chemistry: Soap is made from animal fats and vegetable oils, mixed with a caustic chemical called sodium hydroxide (also known as lye). The sodium hydroxide reacts… [358 views in Jan]
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Testing Paper for Strength: Paper is used for a great many things, from paper towels and tissues through sheets of paper for printing at home or work, to special paper for banknotes,… [172 views in Jan]
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Keeping Warm or Cold: Insulation and Conduction: Heat travels through solids by conduction (see also ‘Detecting Fake Silver: Conductivity of Metal’). Insulation can keep things… [142 views in Jan]
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Do Plants Breathe?: Do plants breathe? Yes and no… Breathing and respiring are two different things. Mammals, including humans, breathe by using muscles to pull air into the lungs and… [134 views in Jan]
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Melting Points for Different Solids: Different solids turn into liquids (melt) at different temperatures. This temperature is described as the melting point. Some solids are made up… [118 views in Jan]
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Latest Comments
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The Science Guy
Re: Why Oil and Water Don't Mix
I’m a 10th grade student and I’m hoping S.O would write a paragraph on how to properly react Al or other metals with HCl or other…
27 December 2019 -
Delly
Re: Why Oil and Water Don't Mix
I’m doing a project and it’s due in two days thanks for the info. I can finally rest after a long day of researching I’m in six…
10 December 2019 -
Allycat
Re: Why Oil and Water Don't Mix
I am doing a fourth grade science project on this.My question is how or do a graph for this.?
6 December 2019 -
Potent Pickle
Re: Making an Emulsion
My chin is very itchy... is it the lava laamp's greatness…
21 November 2019 -
Timmy Timmy Timmy
Re: Making an Emulsion
bruh... what the heck is up with airline food
21 November 2019 -
Mosey Cook
Re: Make Yoghurt and Grow Yeast
This article on natural yeast and good bacteria has been the best read I’ve read on the Internet
1 November 2019 -
Tee
Re: Vibrations: Seeing and Feeling Sound
I have just witnessed a fork vibrating so fast on its own on the kitchen top. It made a sound while vibrating as if the…
24 August 2019 -
simran panaich
Re: Soap and Detergent Chemistry
thnx!! It helped me a lot !!! THank YOu so much
6 June 2019 -
Mar2
Re: Why Oil and Water Don't Mix
I am doing this as a demo for homogeneous mixture examples. It really helps, it is interesting, and thank you so much for it!!!
5 June 2019
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