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When are alkanes inert?

Score: 5/5 (25 votes) Alkanes react only very poorly with ionic or other polar substances. The pKa values of all alkanes are above 50, and so they are practically inert to acids and bases. This inertness is the source of the term paraffins (Latin para + affinis, with the meaning here of "lacking aff...

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What does latex do?

Score: 5/5 (14 votes) An introduction to LaTeX. LaTeX, which is pronounced «Lah-tech» or «Lay-tech» (to rhyme with «blech» or «Bertolt Brecht»), is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be us...

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Can glycolic acid and niacinamide be used together?

Score: 4.5/5 (64 votes) Even though niacinamide and glycolic acid are both natural and have similar benefits, it is not advisable to use them together because of their pH levels. While niacinamide has a much higher pH level than glycolic acid, it won't get completely absorbed into the skin.What...

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Do deer eat tigridia?

Score: 4.4/5 (62 votes) Tolerates part shade In hot climate area. Drought tolerant, deer and rabbit resistant. Similarly to daylilies, the delicate flowers of Tigridia bloom for only a single day.Is Hyacinth deer resistant?If you believe the best spring flowers are the fragrant ones, then hyacinths ...

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Where does the phrase bricking it come from?

Score: 4.1/5 (33 votes) Bricking it is derived from shitting a brick, meaning being very afraid.What does the British saying bricking it mean?From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English be bricking itBritish English informal to feel very nervous or frightened → brick.What does bricking mean in s...

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Which magma has the lowest viscosity?

Score: 4.7/5 (41 votes) Thus, basaltic magmas tend to be fairly fluid (low viscosity), but their viscosity is still 10,000 to 100,0000 times more viscous than water. Rhyolitic magmas tend to have even higher viscosity, ranging between 1 million and 100 million times more viscous than water.Which kin...

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Did becoming have a ghostwriter?

Score: 4.5/5 (5 votes) Background. The 448-page memoir was published on November 13, 2018. Barack Obama said Michelle had help from a ghostwriter. The Observer notes that Becoming's acknowledgements section thanks a team of people involved in finishing the book.How do you know if a book has a g...

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Can you survive hepatocellular carcinoma?

Score: 5/5 (32 votes) Overall prognosis for survival is poor, with a 5-year relative survival rate of 18.4%. By stage, the relative 5-year survival is 32.6% in patients diagnosed with localized disease, 10.8% with regional disease, and 2.4% with distant disease.What is the life expectancy of a perso...

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How to pronounce chillona?

Score: 4.3/5 (24 votes) Phonetic spelling of chillona. chi-llo-na.Meanings for chillona. Feminine form of " cry baby" or "crier"Translations of chillona. Turkish : gençleştirir mi beni.What is Chillona mean in Spanish?Word forms: chillón, chillona. persona] loud ⧫ shrill ⧫ noisy.Why does pneumonia h...

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How did lencho foresee his future?

Score: 4.2/5 (20 votes) Lencho's predicted that there will be big drops of rain. It proved to be true, but not for long as the rain changed into hailstorm.How did Lencho prediction come true?Answer: Lencho knew his fields intimately and he could predict the weather by looking at the sky. His ex...

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