
Chemistry is a subject most students often loathe. But while it might seem boring, it is quite an interesting field. Here are a couple of interesting chemistry facts that you may have missed out on during your last chemistry lesson. Take note of these chemistry facts!
- 01DNA is a flame retardant.
- 02Vitamin B12 is the toughest total synthesis.
- 03Helium and hydrogen account for 98% of all matter.
- 04There is no phosphorus in the head of matches.
- 05The idea of Friedrich Kekulé’s dream helped form the benzene structure.
- 01Theine is the term used to refer to the caffeine in tea.
- 02Vanadium oxide is not a heat source but a conductor of electricity.
- 03Olympic gold medals are 95% made of silver and only have around 6g of actual gold.
- 04Nucleation is the term used to describe the reaction when you add mentos to coke.
- 05Onions release propanethial s-oxides when cut which is what causes your eyes to water.
- 06Table salts can adopt other stoichiometry than sodium chloride.
- 07The Churchane, Housane, and Padogane structure resembles real constructions.
- 08Copper has higher electric conductivity than gold.
- 09The Scoville scale measures spices that contain the capsaicin molecule.
- 10The only pure elemental compound that is liquid at room temperature is mercury.
- 01You can put out a candle with homemade carbon dioxide.
- 02Alloys are a combination of two or more different kinds of metals.
- 03Carbon atoms found in graphite can absorb high amounts of kinetic energy.
- 04Research on NanoPutians was first published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry.
- 05The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world’s oxygen.
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