How palm oil is extracted?Malaysia is the world’s second-largest palm oil producer. Palm oil is extracted from fresh oil palm fruits. The extraction of oil from the fruits has to be carried out within 24 hours from the time the fruits are harvested. Thi…

What are the Advantages of Synthetic Detergents over SoapSoaps and Synthetic Detergents : Soaps : Soaps are sodium or potassium salts of higher fatty acids. Fatty acids are carboxylic acids containing 12 or more carbon atoms, e.g., The common fatty aci…

What is Valency and Atomic Radius Valence: Valence (or) valency of an element was defined as the combining power of an element with respect to hydrogen, oxygen or indirectly any other element through hydrogen and oxygen. Valence of an element with respec…

Periodic Trends in Properties of ElementsPeriodicity in Properties : The properties of elements depends upon the electronic configuration which changes along a period and down a group in periodic table. There is periodicity in properties, i.e., repetit…

Uses of ammonia in our daily lifeUses of ammonia:Ammonia is produced industrially as an intermediate compound and as raw material for many other chemical processes.The main uses of ammonia are as follows: (a) To manufacture nitrogenous fertilisers needed…

Modern Periodic Table and Its SignificanceModern Periodic Table : Henry Moseley, an English physicist found that the atomic number (Z) was the fundamental property of an elements and not the atomic mass for classification of elements. Modern Periodic L…

Why does Diffusion take placeDiffusion : The spreading out and mixing of a substance with another substance due to the motion of its particles is called diffusion. Diffusion is a property of matter which is based on the motion of its particles. Diffusio…

How did Mendeleev Arrange the Periodic TableMendeleev’s periodic Law and Mendeleev’s periodic table While working systematically on the physical and chemical properties of elements, Dmitri Invanovich Mendeleev noticed that properties of elements varied r…

What is meant by the Kinetic Theory of Matter?The Kinetic Theory of Matter:The arrangement and movement of particles in solids, liquids and gases are described in the kinetic theory of matter.The kinetic theory of matter is used to explain the changes i…

What is stoichiometry and why is it used in chemistry?Stoichiometry is a study of quantitative composition of substances involved in the chemical reactions.A balanced chemical equation can be used to calculate number of moles, number of particles and mas…