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Chemistry Jokes

Two hydrogen atoms bumped into each other recently.
One said: "Why do you look so sad?"
The other responded: "I lost an electron."
Concerned, One asked "Are you sure?"
The other replied "I'm positive."

Indeed true. Hydrogen atom will become a Proton (H+)
when loses an electron and becomes positively charged.

Chemistry Jokes

Two hydrogen atoms bumped into each other recently.
One said: "Why do you look so sad?"
The other responded: "I lost an electron."
Concerned, One asked "Are you sure?"
The other replied "I'm positive."

Indeed true. Hydrogen atom will become a Proton (H+)
when loses an electron and becomes positively charged.

Recommended Books to Master Chemistry

Here is another book that i thought will be interesting to students, tutors and teachers. This book provides fast, easy way to master the fundamentals of chemistry by giving simple examples.

Have you ever wondered about the differences between liquids, gases, and solids? Or what actually happens when something burns? What exactly is a solution? An acid? A base? This is chemistry—the composition and structure of substances composing all matter, and how they can be transformed. Whether you are studying chemistry for the first time on your own, want to refresh your memory for a test, or need a little help for a course, this concise, interactive guide gives you a fresh approach to this fascinating subject.

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Chemistry Jokes

Here is a coulple of interesting Chemistry Jokes that i would like to share with you.

Chemists are the *cleanest* people you'll ever meet...

they wash their hands even *before* they go to the restroom!

Q: If H-two-O is the formula for water, what is the formula for ice?

A: H-two-O-CUBED

Q: What is the chemical formula for the molecules in candy?

A: Carbon-Holmium-Cobalt-Lanthanum-Tellurium or CHoCoLaTe

Q: Why do chemists call helium, curium and barium the medical elements?

A: Because if you can't helium or curium, you barium!

Q: What is the name of the molecule CH2O?

A: Seawater

Q: What do you call a joke that is based on cobalt, radon, and yttrium?

A: CoRnY

Q: What is the dullest element?

A: Bohrium

Chemistry make Harry Potter Invisible

(By omg_itsemilye)

US researchers creates material that could make wearer of that material invisible. This will certainly make the fiction-based Harry Potter cloack to become a non-fictional reality.
Black will be getting blacker. US researchers had reported in last month that they have created a paper-thin material that absorbs 99.955 per cent of the light that hits it. This is about 30 times as dark as the international current standard for blackest black. As we learnt also in fundamental physics, we see the color of the object because of the primary light fractions that are not absorbed by the material (that light falls on) and REFLECT back into our eyes. This research results will make objects inside of them literally invisible under the right conditions. It will be very black, like in a forest on the darkest night. Nothing comes back to you. It will be very very very dark.

The substance is made of carbon nanotubes: - they are microscopic, hollow fibres whose walls are just one atom thick. Its creation reflects researcher’s growing ability to manipulate material(atoms) and light. The material bends light rays “backward”, a phenomenon thought to be impossible just a few years ago. This phenomenon forces some wavelengths of light to flow around an object like water around a stone (imagine it). As a result, things behind the object become visible while the object itself disappears from view.

(By answers.com)

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon and essentially organic compounds.
A single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) is a one-atom thick sheet of graphite (called graphene) rolled up into a seamless cylinder with diameter on the order of a nanometer. This results in a nanostructure where the length-to-diameter ratio exceeds 10,000. Such cylindrical carbon molecules have novel properties that make them potentially useful in many applications in nanotechnology, electronics, optics and other fields of materials science. They exhibit extraordinary strength and unique electrical properties, and are efficient conductors of heat

Recommended Books to Master Chemistry

I was approached by a parent as well as a teacher on the recommendation of any interesting Chemistry books that can intrigue the liking of Chemistry for their child/students respectively. After recalling some of the books that i have read before that are interesting, i would like to recommend the 1st Chemistry book titled: "Chemistry for Dummies" which touches on the fundamentals of chemistry in everyday life.

We’re all natural born chemists. Every time we cook, clean, take a shower, drive a car, use a solvent, such as fingernail polish remover, or perform any of the countless everyday activities that involve complex chemical reactions we’re doing chemistry. You might even say