Why a finely powdered sample should be used in a melting point measurement?

Scientists often have to deal with numbers that are either very large or very small. for example, the radius of the sun is approximately 696,000 kilometers, while bacterial cells are as small as 1.9 × 10-4 millimeters. express each number in an alternate form.

On the periodic table, elements are arranged by which of the following. a. mass numbers. b. increasing atomic number. c. alphabetical order. or d. density

Which one of the following is an oxidation-reduction reaction? naoh + hno3 --> h2o + kno3 naoh + hno3 --> h2o + kno3 so3 + h2o --> h2so4 cacl2 + na2co3 --> caco3 + 2 nacl ch4 + 2 o2 --> co2 + 2 h2o al2(so4)3 + 6 koh --> 2 al(oh)3 + 3 k2so4