mhchem package, as the ce does produce some url slug issues for search engines. See this discussion on meta. [...]
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I usually pay a very high attention to the formatting of anything I write, especially to the mathematical notation, because in my opinion it is really important. Of course, the most important thing in formatting is its consistency, and while in principle everyone is free to follow his own persona...
What is the difference between thermodynamic and kinetic stability? I'd like a basic explanation, but not too simple. For example, methane does not burn until lit -- why?
I ruled out white and yellow as being quite reactive.
Red and black allotropes are both polymeric and comparitively less reactive.
Black looks the most stable one thermodynamically. But kinetically, I have no idea whether it should be red or black.
The answer provided to me is Red.
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everyday-chemisty is a useful way for people to find questions that laypeople might ask about chemistry. It's a bit of a "meta" tag but we can hold (or re-hold) that discussion another time, since I think it does have some utility.
It gets abused by new(er) users thinking that it means chemistr...Transcript for
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