Chemistry (including Biochemistry)/Questions Answered by Expert Dr. Jeffery Raymond
| Subject | Date Asked |
| combustion | 4/22/2012 |
| Q: sir when we burn a magnesium ribbon it forms magnesium oxide so the magnesium reacts with oxygen but ... A: Molecular oxygen (O2) is not inert. It is stable. There is a difference. When texts refer to the ... | |
| salt vs sugar , which dissolves faster in room temperature water | 1/2/2012 |
| Q: I'm trying to help my son (4th grader) with his science project. He has to take two clear 16 ounce ... A: The clouding you saw was the salt being first suspended before dissolving. A suspension is not the ... | |
| Chemistry | 11/22/2011 |
| Q: Why is there a repulsion between paired electrons even though they obey the pauli exclusion( which ... A: In brief: The repulsion between paired electrons is do to the restricted volume in space that their ... | |
| Why does Gorilla Glue expand? | 11/7/2011 |
| Q: So when you use gorilla glue, moisture has to be applied so that it foams and "fills cracks", thus ... A: The atmospheric or liquid moisture promotes the decarboxylation (CO2) component of the urethane ... | |
| Activation energy | 10/18/2011 |
| Q: I am an Italian with a study curriculum in humanities who is trying to remediate his ignorance in ... A: In general, yes. There are 3 typical energy quanta that can effect this. Rotational energy is ... | |
| Maximum Life Span of Animals, Fishes and Birds. | 10/3/2011 |
| Q: I want to know the fundamental base reason for why Maximum Life span of Animals, Fishes, Birds vary ... A: You will need to look up the gestation period, time to maturity and metabolism info (heart rate is a ... | |
| Maximum Life Span of Animals, Fishes and Birds. | 10/3/2011 |
| Q: I want to know the fundamental base reason for why Maximum Life span of Animals, Fishes, Birds vary ... A: There are "age markers" at the end of chromosomes that are clipped every time a cell divides. This ... | |
| Paint! | 7/9/2011 |
| Q: I have a fairly strange question and I am not sure it is your area of expertise but here goes. Is ... A: I'm not a paint expert but I am a films and polymer buff... so here goes The UV/Blacklight route - ... | |
| General Chemistry | 2/5/2011 |
| Q: i had my lab las tuesday and we are trying to determine the chemical formula of our unkown. my ... A: your problem with the mass of metal is your conversion: starting unknown is 0.5, starting %Na is ... | |
| Sluggo | 1/5/2011 |
| Q: Mr. Raymond, I was trying to research the slug bait "Sluggo" online to really see how organic and ... A: EDTA is a relatively safe one. Once it's bound to a metal, it pretty much sticks around until the pH ... | |
| motor oil versus cutting oil | 12/6/2010 |
| Q: I wanted to know if cutting oil can be substituted for motor oil. Also I was wondering if Cutting ... A: The short answer is no it cannot safely be used to substitute. And, yes it will probably damage an ... | |
| api test for lead in gasoline | 12/6/2010 |
| Q: it was a regent added to a sample the a test light activated the chemicle then we checked a color ... A: There does not seem to be a specific question here. However, I can explain how the process works ... | |
| silicin oil in food | 12/6/2010 |
| Q: what are the toxic effects of using silicon oil to fry food? is it a edible oil? I have heard it is ... A: Do not, under any circumstance, eat or cook with silicon oil. Secondary impurities and ether type ... | |
| salt hydrate | 10/15/2010 |
| Q: For the salt FeCl3.6H2O calculate the percent mass loss if the salt decomposed by a. simple loss ... A: For percent weight lost, use this equations 6*Amu(H2O) / ( Amu FeCl3 + 6*Amu(H2O) ) * 100 = %mass ... | |
| various | 10/14/2010 |
| Q: I have a few questions, they definetly arent for homework. I stay in a conservative community with ... A: 1. In a general sense - yes. Alcohol (Ethel alcohol) can be a minor product of almost any organic ... | |
| Chemistry question | 10/13/2010 |
| Q: Please help me with this chemistry question, the question is Exactly 11.7 mL of water at 31.0 ... A: We don't actually solve homework on this site, but I will walk you through the problem step by step- ... | |
| QNs. | 10/10/2010 |
| Q: molecular weight & equvalent weight of the ammonium oxalate are same or different ? Ple clarify A: Equivalent weight is the amount of an element that interacts with 1 mole of electrons. The ... | |
| Molecular Orbitals | 7/7/2010 |
| Q: Jeffery. I was wondering if you could help me understand this: "The important point is that the ... A: Atomic orbitals are pretty ambiguous items. While a atom does have orientation with its p, d, and f ... | |
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Dr. Jeffery Raymond
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Expertise
Materials chemistry. Materials science. Spectroscopy. Polymer science. Physical Chemistry. General Physics. Technical writing. General Applied Mathematics. Nanomaterials. Optoelectronic Behavior. Science Policy.
Experience
Teaching: General Inorganic Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II, Physical Chemistry I, Polymeric Materials, General Physics I, Calculus I & II
My prior experience includes the United States Army and three years as a development chemist in industry.
Currently I am the Assistant Director of the Laboratory for Synthetic Biological Interactions. All told, 13 years of experience in research, development and science education.
Organizations
Texas A&M University, American Chemical Society, POLY-ACS, SPIE
Publications
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nanoletters, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Ultramicroscopy Proceedings of SPIE, Proceedings of MRS, Polymer News, Chemical and Engineering News, Nano Letters, Small, Chemistry.org, Angewandte
Education/Credentials
PhD Macromolecular Science and Engineering (Photophysics/Nanomaterials Concentration), MS Materials Science, BS Chemistry and Physics, Graduate Certificate in Science Policy, AAS Chemical Technology, AAS Engineering Technology
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