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Science and Technology for UPSC Examinations [Chemistry] Part 4- Chemical Reactions Basics

Chemical Reactions Chemical reactions are happening around us all the time and even in our body. Respiration and digestion in all living organisms, rusting of iron, cooking of...

May 22, 2013

Mole

One mole is the amount of a substance that contains as many particles or entities as there are atoms in exactly 12 g (or 0.012 kg) of the...

May 22, 2013

Science and Technology for UPSC Examinations [Chemistry] Part 3- Atomic Number and Atomic Mass

Atomic Number: Each element is characterized by an atomic number denoted by Z, which is number of the protons. Proton is positively charged and neutrons are charge less,...

May 22, 2013

Science and Technology for UPSC Examinations [Chemistry] Part 2- Some Basic Laws

Law of Conservation of Mass The law of Conservation of Mass states that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. This law was the result of exact measurement...

May 22, 2013

Science and Technology for UPSC Examinations [Chemistry] Part 1- State of Matter

Matter can exist in at least four fundamental states viz. solid, liquid, gas and plasma. There are other states also but they don’t exist in our natural environment. One of...

May 22, 2013

List of Chemical Names of Common Compounds

Common Name Chemical Name Alum Ammonium aluminium sulphate Aspirin Acetyl salicyclic acid Battery acid or oil of vitriol Sulphuric acid Blue vitriol Copper sulphate Baking soda Sodium bicarbonate...

May 21, 2013

Primary Colors, Secondary colors and Complimentary Colors

When a beam of white light is passed through a prism, white light splits up into different colours. Consequently a coloured pattern is obtained on the screen. This...

May 21, 2013

Wavelengths of Vibgyor Colors

The colours of the spectrum of white light are violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red (VIBGYOR). The white light is a mixture of different colours. Each...

May 21, 2013

Human Eye & Eye Defects

Our eyeball is nearly spherical with white outer layer called the sclera. Here is a short description of how our eye works. Working of Human Eye The light...

May 21, 2013

Near Point increasing with age

The points between which the eye can see distinctly are called far point and near point. The far point is normally without limit (infinity) and near point depends...

May 21, 2013

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