All fireworks are not created equal! For example, there is a difference between a firecracker and a sparkler. The goal of a firecracker is to create a controlled explosion. A sparkler, on the other hand, burns over a long period of time (up to a minute) and produces a brilliant shower of sparks. Sometimes sparklers... Continue Reading →
Study of Carbon Monoxide:
Carbonmonoxide is a toxic one and it is a colorless, odourless, and tasteless gas that is slightly less denser than air . It is very harmful gas for all the living things . There are both natural and artificial (anthropogenic) sources of carbon monoxide and atmospheric concentration of this highly toxic gases are considerable .... Continue Reading →
Ether – A view:
Diethyl ether is a colourless, highly volatile and flammable organic liquid compound. It is also called as ethoxy ethane, ethyl ether, sulphuric ether or simply ether. Basically ethers contain an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups. The general formula of ether group is R-O-R' . Ethers are typical in organic and biochemistry,... Continue Reading →
Radio carbon dating
What is radiocarbon dating? It is the method to find the age of the organic material with the help of the radioactive carbon present in them. What is the difference between radioactive carbon and the normal carbon? The radioactive carbon usually has the atomic weight of 14 and unstable in nature unlike the normal... Continue Reading →
A revolutionary material in your pencil box: Graphene
Graphene is an allotrope of carbon. It is composed of sheets of carbon atoms in a hexagonal array . Graphene is only one atom thick and is synthesized from graphite,which is the primary material used in the leads of a pencil. What makes it revolutionary ? It is thinnest and strongest material man his found... Continue Reading →