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Author Question: In the following reaction: 2 KClO3(s) 2 KCl(s) + 3 O2(g) 14.0 g KClO3 yielded 1.40 g KCl. What is ... (Read 533 times) |
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
Children of people with alcoholism are more inclined to drink alcohol or use hard drugs. In fact, they are 400 times more likely to use hard drugs than those who do not have a family history of alcohol addiction.
On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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