Chemistry Forum

And ethanol C2H5OH, why is it not basic? It also has an OH group.

I have a question whether the properties of sodium hydroxide result from the function of the OH group or it is mainly the caustic properties of sodium that cause its alkalinity and hunger for hydrogen.

Can someone explain to me how it is possible that organic compounds with different arrangements of carbon and hydrogen have such different properties, when only with different arrangements they are completely different substances, such as plastics, drugs, solvents and other substances. It is not cle...

As the two toxic substances sodium Na and chlorine Cl together form a non-toxic compound NaCl kitchen salt and why its taste is salty and not bitter?

Does iron have a gaseous state?