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    Why Carbonated Drinks are Not Recommended for Physical Activity

    When I drink carbonated drinks before having my breakfast in the mornings I get a bad pain on my lower stomach and it usually lasts about 5 hours. Anyone know what that's all about? I had my appendix removed about 5 years ago so that might have something to do with it.
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    A/B Extraction Theory Basics: Isolating Compounds

    I understand the basics of acid base reactions but I don't understand how you determine which compounds in a mixture will react to the acid or base and convert into a salt. Does there have to be a large pH difference? For example say the compound I want to isolate has a pH of 11 but two other...
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    Schools Preparing for College Chemistry Interview: Tips & Topics

    The people from the college I'm applying to me tell me that seeing as I already have a fair amount of knowledge of chemistry and I'm highly interested in it that I should be accepted into the college after my interview alone regardless of the fact I never completed high school. They say that if...
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    How could i dissolve iron powder

    Not trying to hijack your thread I just had a real quick question that isn't worthy or starting a new thread. Whats the difference between "solvating" and "dissolving"? I read that solvation is also called dissolution. Is dissolution just the process of dissolving? If I add salt to water I...
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    Do all salts have an ionic bond, regardless of their constituents' bonding?

    Does a salt always have an ionic bond in it regardless of whether it's constituents are covalently bonded or not? When an acid reacts with a base does it always create a salt by means of ionic bonding? I hear all salts are soluble in water but bases are not. What about acids. Are acids soluble...
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    Entropy and enthelpy difference

    I decided to try and learn what entropy is today and I swear to god I've been sitting here for 4 hours and I still don't have the foggiest idea of what the hell is it? Its driving me insane. I can't think anymore because of the stress that's building up from the fact that I just can't comprehend...
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    Kirchoff's Law: Steady Current in Circuits

    That explains it Curious. I read a lot about series and parallel resistors but I can't get it to stick in my mind yet. So on a series circuit no matter how many resistors you put throughout the circuit the current will be exactly the same at whatever point you measure it. The voltage on a...
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    Kirchoff's Law: Steady Current in Circuits

    Is Kirchoffs current law basically saying the current through any point in a circuit is exactly the same and will remain the same as long as the voltage remains the same? Lets say I have a steady current running through a circuit will that current be exactly the same on one end or the current...
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    Understanding Exponents: Multiplying 10 to the Power of 3 Explained

    Thanks alot. I couldn't remember if it was 10x10x10 or 10x10x100. I was thinking it might have meant multiplying it by itself the amount of times the exponent indicates. For example 10 to the power of 5 I thought it might have been 10x10x100x1000x10000
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    Understanding Voltage with Abstract Confusion

    I should have said "given a conductive path, causes current to flow to the positive terminal". I didn't really think of it like that asynchro. The fact that the potential difference is there regardless of whether current is flowing. Like in a battery. The potential different exists between both...
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    Voltage & Resistance: Exploring the Paradox

    Wikipedia defines the volt as "The volt is defined as the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere dissipates one watt of power." Doesn't resistance always determine the dissipation of power? If you were to have a superconductor with no resistance then the current...
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    Understanding Exponents: Multiplying 10 to the Power of 3 Explained

    Does 10 to the power of 3 = 1,000 or 10,000? To calculate is do I multiply 10x10=100 then 100x100=10,100 or do I multiply 10x10=100 then 100x10=1,000? I know this is a really stupid question but its been a long time since I did basic maths and I've forgotten how this stuff works.
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    Understanding Voltage with Abstract Confusion

    I just bought the book Art of Electronics that berkman recommended and I just started reading it. I already know what voltage is but if I didn't I would have made no sense of their explanation. They say "The voltage between two points is the cost in energy (work done) required to move a unit...
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    Understanding Magnetic Flux and Density: Relationship and Comparison

    I read somewhere that increasing the current flowing through a solenoid will increase the magnetic flux density but cannot increase the magnetic flux. From what I gather magnetic flux is the space the magnetic field covers or the range of the magnetic flux lines and flux density is how many...
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    What Is the Unit of Inductance (Henry) & How Does It Work?

    I read that the unit of inductance is the measure of the time it takes for a current to fully establish itself through the inductor. Is the reason it takes longer in some inductors for the current to establish itself because it creates a greater magnetic flux? Can the henry also tell you the...
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