Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay What is the Hydroxyl Group? The hydroxyl group is divided into several subcategories. Among these categories are alcohols, amphiboles, carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, cellulose, phenols and some plastics. The Formation of Hydro... Chemistry May 30, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay What does it Mean When a Material is Chemically Inert? The substances called chemically inert derive this characteristic from the fact that they are particularly stable. Naturally, the category of noble gases found on the periodic table is inert gases. Am... Chemistry May 30, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay Precipitation Reactions In the water treatment community, precipitation occurs when dissolved materials in water are converted to solids through adjustments to the pH or solubility of the solution. In other words, precipitat... Chemistry May 29, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay What is Osmotic Pressure? The phenomenon of osmosis is a colligative property of water. This means that osmosis depends on the concentration of molecules or ions in the solute, but does not depend on the nature of the solute. ... Chemistry May 29, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay Anion or Cation: How to Differentiate Them? Ions To understand anions and cations, it is important to know what an ion is. Ions are molecules with an electrical charge caused by an odd number of protons and electrons. When a molecule has no ele... Chemistry May 29, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay What is an Ion? In the water treatment industry, we often hear about ions. Especially when we talk about ion exchange systems or ionically pure water. What does it mean and what exactly is an ion? As mentioned above,... Chemistry May 29, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay What is Interfacial Polymerization? Before going into the details of what interfacial polymerization is, let's clarify what polymerization is. It is a chemical process that creates chain-like bonds containing monomers. You can find more... Chemistry May 29, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay What is a Polyamide? More technically, polyamides are polymers containing repeating amide groups that are an integral part of the polymer backbone. What is a polymer Polymers are natural or synthetic substances that consi... Chemistry May 29, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay What is Ion Exchange? Ion exchange technologies are as varied as the terms used to describe them. Among these technologies are water softeners, dealkalizers, demineralizers and electrodeionization. Although this list is no... Chemistry May 29, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay Ionization and Water: Definition, Operation and Example Explained in a different way, the ionization of an atom or a molecule consists in the emission of an electric charge in order to modify the electric polarization of these, which originally is neutral.... Chemistry May 29, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay What is Polymerization When monomers, which are small individual molecules, combine chemically to create a chain-like bond, it is called polymerization. Polymerization can be made from a set of monomers of the same molecule... Chemistry May 29, 2023
Durpro, Raphael Bouchard-Tremblay What is a Corona Discharge? Although they can occur naturally, mainly due to electrical storms, corona discharges can also be caused by special electrical equipment. To be created on demand, corona discharge requires specific el... Chemistry May 29, 2023
