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Why should you never add water to the strong acid while diluting the acid? Why should you add the strong acid to the water?
In the previous article, we addressed the reason behind never adding water to hot oil. Similarly, we have to avoid adding water to strong acids. Whenever you want to dilute a strong acid, add the strong acid to a beaker containing water, not the reverse. The dissolution of strong acids in water generates heat (exothermic…
Why should you never add water to hot oil?
One of the safety measures that almost everyone is aware of is to never add water over burning or boiling oil. What happens when you add water over burning or boiling oil? Why does this happen? What is the science behind it? What happens when you add water to burning or boiling oil? When water…
How to clean the burners of the gas stove easily? It is Chemistry in the kitchen!
Cleaning gas stove burners is an intimidating process for everyone. We all seek to banish the tarnish; getting rid of the dull almost black surface and getting back the lustrous look of copper. First, why does this black layer (tarnish) appear on copper? Metals such as copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, magnesium, neodymium are vulnerable to…
Why did my firewood burn with green flame?
I was frying potatoes over a campfire when I noticed the production of a green flame. Directly, the flame tests of the elements from chemistry classes came to my mind and I tried recognizing the source. First, let us go over the flame test of chemicals: According to the qualitative analysis of chemical metal ions,…
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