Acids and Bases!
Periodic Table
Not scary thermodynamics
This is a funny column I promise
A true wild card
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What is the relationship between HF and F-?

What is conjugate acid-base pair?

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What is the most important element in organic chemistry?

What is carbon!

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What is the first law of thermodynamics?

The total energy of the universe or an isolated system is constant
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Why do chemists find working with ammonia pretty easy?

Because it's pretty basic stuff

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Who is the only woman to be awarded two Nobel Prizes?

Who is Marie Curie?

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What describes the strength of an acid?

What is pKa?

200

What elements are known not to be reactive?

What are the noble gases?

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What describes the amount of heat that can be applied to a material to raise its temperature by 1 degree?

What is heat capacity?

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What kind of fish is made out of 2 sodium atoms?

2 Na

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What is our next ACS Student Chapter event?

Movie night! We are watching Flubber on 9/18!

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How can you make a buffer?

Add an acid and its conjugate base in roughly equal amounts

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How many known elements are in the periodic table?

118!

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What kinds of reactions release heat?

What is exothermic?

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A free pass if you tell me your favorite chemistry joke!

HAHAHAHAHA

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What molecule is used to as an energy source in living things?

ATP!

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If you have a solution of unknown acid concentration, what experiment can you perform to figure it out?

What is a titration?

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Who made the famous periodic table song?

Who is Tom Leher?

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The amount of energy required to drive a reaction is called what?

What is activation energy?

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Why does a hamburger yield lower energy than steak?

Because it's in the ground state
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Seven elements were discovered in the Ytterby mine in Sweden, and four were named after it. What are they?

yttrium, terbium, erbium, and ytterbium

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What is the most abundant natural acid?

What is carbonic acid?

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What is the heaviest naturally occurring element?

What is uranium?

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What can you use to lower the activation energy of the reaction?

What is a catalyst?

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What is the dullest element?

Bohrium

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How many different structures of ice are there?

What is 18?