Chemistry

Question: What is the meaning of positive or negative charge? Cationic, anionic, and non-ionic charges

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In this post, How can we adapt our formulas to be more natural: Gelling agents, Catherin asked: What is the meaning of positive and negative charge? I wrote about this topic in this post on the blog – Anionic, cationic, and non-ionic – but I realized I’ve learned so much since 2011 and there are...

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Chemistry Thursday: All about acids!

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What is an acid? From Wikipedia: An acid is a chemical substance whose aqueous solutions are characterized by a sour taste, the ability to turn blue litmus red, and the ability to react with bases and certain metals (like calcium) to form salts. Aqueous solutions of acids have a pH of less than 7. A lower...

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Want to learn more chemistry?

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If you want to know more about chemistry, I cannot suggest enough  that you hie thyself to your local retailer of books and pick up this gorgeous and giant tome, Molecules, by Theodore Grey, and his other book, Elements (which also comes in calendar form, something I also received for Christmas!). I was surprised to see...

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