Visual Learners

21/05/2023

In simpler terms, imagine you have a puzzle where you can build different shapes using small building blocks. Molecular modeling is like solving that puzzle, but instead of shapes, you are building molecules. You can create models of atoms and connect them together to form molecules, just like putting puzzle pieces together.

By using these models, you can study how atoms bond together, the shape of molecules, and how they interact with each other. This helps you understand important concepts like chemical reactions, the properties of substances, and even how drugs work.

Molecular modeling is a powerful tool because it allows you to visualize things that are too small to see with the naked eye. It helps you make connections between the structure of a molecule and its properties, which is crucial in understanding the world of chemistry.

21/05/2023

📚❤️ Embrace your bookish quirks and never stop turning those pages, my fellow bibliophiles! Let's keep our imaginations running wild and our shelves overflowing with unread treasures! 📚🌟

01/03/2022

Tuesday Teaser!! Train your brain with this brain teaser.. 😅

16/09/2020

Presence of phosphine raises intriguing possibilities, but explanations could be mundane

15/09/2020

On this day 51 years ago, humans walked on the Moon for the first time. 🌕

When the astronauts returned to Earth, they were quarantined for three weeks to protect against any potentially harmful lunar organisms: https://w.wiki/Wpv

15/09/2020

The planet Mars was once able to sustain liquid water on its surface. But not anymore. Why?

The Hope Probe, a new spacecraft launched this week by the United Arab Emirates, aims to find out.

https://w.wiki/Xkr 🛰️

01/09/2020

Let start some small small revision seeing that schools are about to reopen, shall we!

Decomposition reaction is a type of chemical reaction in which a single (complex) compound breaks down into two or more elements or new compounds. These reactions may involve an energy source such as heat, light, or electricity that breaks apart the bonds of the compounds. Hence the reaction is usually endothermic as heat is required to break chemical bonds in the compound undergoing decomposition.... Absorption of energy causes the breaking of the bonds present in the reacting substance which decomposes to give the products.

Types Of Decomposition

1. Heat/thermal decomposition (thermolysis) mostly of salts

e.g. Decomposition of calcium carbonate: Calcium carbonate (lime stone) decomposes into calcium oxide (quick lime) and carbon dioxide when heated. Quick lime is the major constituent of cement.

2. Electrolytic Decomposition ( Electrolysis)

Electrolytic decomposition may result when electric current is passed through an aqueous solution of a compound. A good example is the electrolysis of water.

3. Photo Decomposition (Photolysis)

e.g
Decomposition of hydrogen peroxide: in the presence of light; hydrogen peroxide H2O2 decomposes into water and oxygen

21/08/2020

Fun fact friday...PCR!