Franklin Veaux

Correcting Steps to Writing a Redox Reaction with Half-Equations Writing a balanced redox reaction using half-equations requires careful handling of electrons, species, and charge. The correct final redox equation cannot...

How Do I Know If an Ion Is Negative or Positive? To determine if an ion is negative or positive, one primarily considers the element’s position on the periodic table...

The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research Stupidity—or more precisely, the acknowledgment of one’s limitations and ignorance—is essential in scientific research because it fosters curiosity, critical questioning, and continual learning...

The Chemical Being Removed from Subway Bread: Azodicarbonamide Subway is removing azodicarbonamide from its bread because this chemical, used as a dough-conditioning agent, raises consumer concerns despite its low-level usage...

Understanding H2O Bent Molecular Geometry Water (H2O) exhibits a bent molecular geometry due to the arrangement of its two bonded hydrogen atoms and two lone pairs of electrons on oxygen,...