Chemistry

General Characteristics of Halogen Family

The elements, chlorine, fluorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine (radioactive element), are together known as halogens. The chemical and physical properties of these elements have been studied very carefully and it is found that in physical properties they showed a perfect gradation and they belong to group Vll in the periodic table.  A short note on […]

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Global Warming-Pollution Due to Industrial Wastes

The process of rendering land, water, air, or other components of the environment unclean, unsafe, or unsuitable for use is known as pollution. This is done by introducing contamination into the natural environment.  According to Pure Earth, a non-profit environmental organization, toxic contamination impacts more than 200 million people globally. Babies are born with birth

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GREEN CHEMISTRY

Green chemistry applies across the life cycle of a chemical product, together with its style, manufacture, use, and supreme disposal. Green chemistry: Prevents pollution at the molecular level Is a philosophy that applies to any or all areas of chemistry, not one discipline of chemistry Applies imaginative scientific solutions to real-world environmental problems. Results in

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Green Chemistry as an Alternative Tool to Reduce Pollution

Green chemistry is the discipline of chemistry concerned with the design and optimisation of products and processes to reduce or eliminate the production and the use of harmful substances. Environmental chemistry is not the same as green chemistry. Green chemistry, is also known as sustainable chemistry. While environmental chemistry concentrates on the impacts of polluting

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What is Chemistry

“Almost everything you hear, see, smell, taste, and touch includes chemistry and chemicals (matter),” as per the American Chemical Society (ACS), a non-profit science organisation chartered by the United States Congress for the advancement of chemistry. “Hearing, seeing, tasting, and touching all involve complex chemical reactions and interactions in your body.” So, even if you

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Water pollution

Water that is one octillion litres in volume makes up two-thirds of our globe. Water makes about 70 percent of the human body. It is an all-purpose solvent. It is the only substance on the earth that occurs in all three forms of matter. Water is now recognised as a core human right by the

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Uses of Halogens

The elements Chlorine, Fluorine, Iodine, Bromine, and Astatine (the radioactive element) are known as Halogens. The chemical and physical properties of these elements have been studied very carefully. It is found that they showed a perfect gradation in physical properties, and they belong to group Vll in the periodic table. Overview Chlorine plays an important

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Uses of Dioxygen

Diοxygen (O2) is anοther fοrm in which οxygen can exist. The wοrd ‘diοxygen’ cοmes frοm the wοrd di, meaning twice in Greek. This fοrm οf οxygen οccurs when twο οxygen atοms each share their valence electrοns, which makes them nοt as reactive as elemental οxygen.  This type οf chemical bοnd is called a cοvalent bοnd,

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Types of water pollution

The introduction of contaminants into the environment is referred to as pollution. Water pollution occurs when a body of water contains high amounts of pollutants (hazards) and is no longer acceptable for common human activities such as bathing, cooking, or drinking Water that is one octillion litres in volume makes up two-thirds of our globe.

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Types of Environmental Pollution

Most people are unaware that more than 90% of the world’s population breathes dirty air, according to the World Health Organization. This terrifying figure has an impact on everyone, especially children, the elderly, and asthmatics.  Water that is one octillion litres in volume makes up two-thirds of our globe. Water makes about 70 percent of

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