I am a curious junior in high school. I just finished my first
semester of chemistry but have always loved it. Here is a LARGE block of
questions I would love to have answered by anyone who can. Here goes:
1) Why is mercury a liquid? It is surrounded by solids!
2) How are cyclics (cyclopropane, cyclohexane, etc...) made from ordinary
hydrocarbons? Why can cyclopropane be used as an anesthetic?
3) Why would KNO2 reduce the number of H+ ions in a solution of HNO2?
4) How can arsenic be considered to have 5 valence electrons? Are not valence
electrons those in the s and p orbitals?
5) Does exothermic truly mean the reaction releases heat? Could it also be
light or is it always heat, then converted into light?
wht you think
Thanks!
