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Sustainable and Alternative Chemical Sources

Concern on oil depletion and global warming has shifted us to sustainable alternative energy such as solar and wind energy. But we could not stop just yet to produce chemicals from petroleum oil. Chemicals are essential building blocks for us to make fabric, plastic ware, container, paint, solvents, shoes, carpet, medicine, flavor, fragrances, additives, and much more. There is a various option for energy sources, but there are no sustainable alternative chemical sources just yet. Without chemicals, our lifestyle would… Read More »Sustainable and Alternative Chemical Sources

Where to Find Chemicals and Physicals Properties

Sometimes we do need to find the properties of a specific chemical. It could be for scientific reports, performing a chemical calculation, modeling, and simulation purposes. If you need to find any chemicals or physicals properties, you can try the following databases. It is indeed the best place to start with. Most of the databases offer tons of information on any compounds. Free databases for chemical & physical properties NIST Chemistry WebBook PubChem Chemspider Chemnetbase MatWeb Paid Databases for chemical… Read More »Where to Find Chemicals and Physicals Properties

Free software to Draw Chemical Structures and Chemical Reaction Schemes

Drawing chemical structure with online tools is very easy and quick. Most of them actually developed for finding chemical properties from its chemical structure. But it allows us to download the chemical structures as an image. Thus, we can use the image for scientific reports, presentations and etc. However, this tool offers very limited functionalities. In fact, we cannot save our work if we want to continue drawing the structure at a later date. Here I shared with you the… Read More »Free software to Draw Chemical Structures and Chemical Reaction Schemes

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Design a Graph Professionally with the Free Software

Veusz If you want to design a graph with a professional look, you can use Veusz. Veusz is a free graphing software to create scientific plotting and graphs for professional presentations, scientific reports, and publications. It can run on multiple platforms such as Windows, Linux and macOS. Almost every type of graph can be designed with Veusz including 2-D and 3-D graphs. The software allows us to do various customization to create a sleek and beautiful graph. You can tweak… Read More »Design a Graph Professionally with the Free Software

Free Online Tools to Draw Chemical Structures

If you are a science’s student you may require to insert a chemical structure in the report or assignment. Drawing it with paint is not an easy task. What people normally do is search the structure using google image. Copy-paste it, then you are done. You are lucky if you could found the chemical structure. Even if you are lucky, the image is not at high resolution. There are actually plenty of free online tools for drawing chemical structures. MolView… Read More »Free Online Tools to Draw Chemical Structures

Exothermic & Endothermic Reactions

Exothermic reactions are chemical reactions that release energy. The energy release usually in the form of heat. While endothermic reactions are chemical reactions that absorb energy. Any elements or compounds in existence within a specific system needs the energy to maintain its state. If a compound wants to change to another product they need to release or absorb heat to meet the requirement of the new products. Exothermic reaction If the level of energy of the product is less than… Read More »Exothermic & Endothermic Reactions

Alternative Source for Chemicals

Concern on oil depletion and global warming has shifted us to alternative energy such as solar and wind energy. But we could not stop just yet to produce chemicals from petroleum oil. Because chemicals are essential building blocks for us to make fabric, plastic ware, container, paint, solvents, shoes, carpet, medicine, flavor, fragrances, additives, and much more. There are plenty of options for energy sources, but there are no alternative sources for producing chemicals. Without chemicals, our lifestyle would not… Read More »Alternative Source for Chemicals

Good Hand Sanitizer

In the event of a pandemic, people are more aware of good hygiene and health-conscious to stay from infection. This causes the price of health sanitizer to skyrocket and event out of stock. Actually, making a hand sanitizer is not too difficult. We could make it at home by mixing alcohol with either propylene glycol, glycerine, or aloe vera gel. But, how to be sure that our homemade hand sanitizer works. Purpose of hand sanitizer The purpose of hand sanitizer… Read More »Good Hand Sanitizer

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How Yeast Works

Yeast is a single cell microorganism. This tiny living creature has been used for baking and brewing through the fermentation process since ancient times. Without it, we might not discover the bread! Yeast is definitely important for us in making our food and we continue to use it even today. It can be found everywhere, in the store. The most common yeast sold in-store is cells called Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a dry form. It looks like a powder, but it… Read More »How Yeast Works

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Glass Making Process We Never Thought

We use glass as glassware, dishware, bottles, windows, and even a wall. The unique properties of glass to be transparent, chemically stable, and can withstand high temperatures make them useful for our daily usage. Surprisingly, glass is made from the sand! How they make it, is something we never thought. Egyptians and Mesopotamians had used glass before us. You might be puzzled how they made this before the century. Sand can be transformed into the glass because it has silicon… Read More »Glass Making Process We Never Thought