Chemical Burning
Chemistry / Chemical Reactions
Chemical burns are the result of very normal reactions that can occur between the offending material and living tissue components. People generally tend to regard their bodies as things outside of the continue reading this fact
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Spontaneous Combustion
Chemistry / Chemical Reactions
Most of us know if we leave oily rags or papers in an enclosed area, we risk a fire. The process of burning is called oxidation. Oxidation is the same process that causes iron to rust or a banana to t continue reading this fact
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Exploding Fertilizer
Chemistry / Chemical Reactions
Atmospheric nitrogen is a diatomic molecule of just two nitrogen atoms bonded very strongly to each other. Nitrogen, in compound with other elements, is just a single nitrogen atom bonded very weakly, continue reading this fact
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