Too bad we missed mole day, but here it goes!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
How Elements Get Named
Do you know which element is Azote, with the symbol Az? Element names are not the same in every country. Many countries have adopted the element names that have been agreed upon by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). According to the IUPAC, "elements can be named after a mythological concept, a mineral, a place or country, a property, or a scientist".
Full article.
Full article.
How Much Water Is a Mole of Water?
A mole is a unit of measurement that represents the quantity Avogadro's Number, 6.02 x 1023, of anything. Do you have a sense of how much a mole of a substance would be? Let's take water as an example. Do you think a mole of water molecules would be closer to: a microliter, a milliliter, 10 milliliters, 1 liter, or 10 liters of water?
Read on!
Read on!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Fun Periodic Table Facts!
The Periodic Table is a chart which arranges the chemical elements in a useful, logical manner. Elements are listed in order of increasing atomic number, lined up so that elements which exhibit similar properties are arranged in the same row or column as each other. The Periodic Table is one of the most useful tools of chemistry and the other sciences. Here are 10 fun and interesting Periodic Table facts.
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