In your daily activities, you probably use the term “bonding” to refer to the activities you do with your best friends aka “bonding sessions”. If you have helped your dad or mom fix something in the house with glue, then you might also have used the same term. In Chemistry, this term has a similar [...]
You might have eaten pancakes with maple syrup this morning or sometime in the past. You might also have enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate recently. Or perhaps, you are fond of colognes and perfumes. What is common about all these things? These are among your experiences with solutions. Most of the time, solutions are [...]
Have you ever ridden on a balloon? Many tourist spots offer balloon rides in order for people to see the beauty of a place from above. A balloon contains a noble gas called helium. Formerly, balloons contained hydrogen but hydrogen is very flammable and dangerous when uncontrolled. Therefore, people shifted to helium, which is safer. [...]
Matter is anything that has volume and weight. Everything on earth has volume and weight. That means everything on earth is matter! The amount of space something occupies is its volume. Solid items like tables, chairs and soccer balls, all take up space and therefore all have volume. Liquids like the water or milk you [...]
Everything in the world is made up of matter. Matter is made up of small building blocks called atoms. The idea of all matter being made up of small building blocks that cannot be divided into smaller pieces dates back to a Greek philosopher named Democritus of Abdera who lived in 430 BC. He named [...]