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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: Any idea?
« Last post by Hunter2 on November 18, 2024, 12:24:24 AM »
Think what kind of compound  is Aspirin.
Think of saponification of this  class of compounds.
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High School Chemistry Forum / Any idea?
« Last post by Virs1959 on November 17, 2024, 11:10:08 PM »
Hi!

I was wondering why is the hydrolysis of aspirin faster in environments of a higher pH? I noticed this while testing out different buffer solutions, but cannot seem to find an explanation anywhere, only that the higher the pH the faster the rate of reaction.

Thank you in advance!
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Red phosphorus is not reacting with water.
White phosphorous does, but it needs alcaline environment.
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Before we begin, I’d like to ask for your understanding, as I’m not a native English speaker and my English skills are quite limited.

+)I'm not sure if this is the appropriate thread, so if it's not, please move it to correct place.

I’m currently a second-year university student working on a group project for my chemical reaction kinetics course. For this project, I’m searching the reaction featured in the TV series Breaking Bad involving red phosphorus and water. Specifically, I’m trying to find the reaction rate constant (k) or related data tables for the reaction:

2 P₄(s) + 12 H₂O(l) → 5 PH₃(g) + 3 H₃PO₄(l) or P₄(s) + H₂O(l) → PH₃(g)

Despite my efforts to search through various resources, I haven’t been able to find the reaction rate constant or related kinetic data for this reaction, or any similar reaction.

Would you happen to know of any sources—papers, data tables, or other references—where I can find this information?

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my text!
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OK, I don't remember the shift of water in CDCl3 correctly. The next step is a condensation or? I don't think this polymer will cause much trouble, your molecule is very acidic, and the base will pick the protons from this, not from the polymer. Yes, of course, you almost got rid of it, that's good.
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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: Doubt plastic rubber
« Last post by Borek on November 17, 2024, 03:29:55 AM »
What is the estimated lifespan of ABS plastic and rubber electronic devices kept indoors covered only by a transparent white 100% polyester fabric?

You were told many times in the past (when you registered using different nicks), that there is no way to answer such questions, as there are way too many varying factors.

The only sure way is experimental. Wait and see.

I am locking the topic, as it is starting to go in the same spiral of questions that can't be answered, and answers that are ignored.
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What's with the 1s3... etc. when it says n begins at 3?
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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: Doubt plastic rubber
« Last post by jonas8732 on November 16, 2024, 03:25:01 PM »
What is the estimated lifespan of ABS plastic and rubber electronic devices kept indoors covered only by a transparent white 100% polyester fabric?

The lifespan I am referring to is them cracking and breaking
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High School Chemistry Forum / Re: Doubt plastic rubber
« Last post by Corribus on November 16, 2024, 12:18:56 PM »
There are a number of UV-protective fabrics on the market. Whether or not they have been evaluated for your intended purpose, I do not know. They certainly cannot hurt. But honestly the the best way to protect plastics from photoinduced damage is just to keep them in the dark to the extent possible. Glass windows also block most of the harder UV rays from the sun, so diffuse/scattered/indirect sunlight in most inside areas will not noticeably degrade plastics over meaningful timescales.

I'm not really sure what you're hoping for here, but plastic components in consumer products should be OK for years as long as you're not keeping them under a black light or on a windowsill in direct beating sunlight for hours every day. My Nintendo GameCube has been stored in a dark closet for 25(?) years and it still looks and works fine.

The bigger point is that you can never protect anything 100% from degradation - even if you could make a barrier 100% impenetrable to UV light, there are still enough trace levels of ozone, atmospheric free radicals, and radioactivity sources (radon, potassium, uranium) hanging around that ensure that slow chemical degradation of everything (including humans) is inevitable. There's a guy who comes back here every few months fretting about the longevity of a diamond ring that holds some sentimental value to him. Can we calculate how long it will last? Are you sure it will not oxidize? How can I protect it? And you are not the first person who has dropped by stressing over degradation of high value electronics components. The fact is that unless you abuse these things, they will last a long time. Even so: Diamonds oxidize, polymers degrade, people get cancer, stars runs out of fuel, and the universe will die a slow, depressing heat death. Entropy always wins.
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Suppose that you discovered some material from another universe that obeyed the following
restrictions on quantum numbers:
n = positive integers starting from 3
0 <= l <= (n – 1)
ml = +l or –l
ms = +½, 0, or –½
Assume that the energy of the orbitals increases with n and then l, and the general concept of
Hund’s rule applies. Explain:
a) What would be the atomic numbers of the first three noble gases in that universe and
why?
b) What would be the atomic numbers of the first three halogens and why?
c) Sketch the trend of the first ionization energies of the first 9 elements.






My working:

since we are starting with n=3 and we have three spin quantum numbers, we can have three electrons in an orbital.

First Noble Gas (Atomic Number 27):
The electron configuration would be 1s³2s³2p⁹3s³3p⁹, which totals to 27 electrons.
Second Noble Gas (Atomic Number 54):
The electron configuration would be 1s³2s³2p⁹3s³3p⁹4s³3d¹⁵4p⁹
Third Noble Gas (Atomic Number 102):
The electron configuration would be 1s³2s³2p⁹3s³3p⁹4s³3d¹⁵4p⁹4d¹⁵5s³4f215p⁹.

Similarly, Halogens have one less electrons than Noble gases so our possible answers are
1) 26
2) 53
3) 101
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