Students learn to define and identify organic compounds. Chemical Reactions: Writing Molecular Formulas and an Introduction to Organic Molecules: Students learn to define and identify organic ...

NIST research chemist Kelly Telu injects a sample into a mass spectrometer, a laboratory instrument that scientists use to identify unknown chemical compounds. (M. Delorme/NIST) The National Institute ...

Scientists studying a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover have uncovered something tantalizing: the largest ...

Russian researchers have explained why scientists studying crude oil and celestial chemistry—as well as certain down-to-earth matters—frequently come across some molecules incorporating carbon, ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its database of chemical fingerprints, called mass spectra, that are used to identify unknown chemical compounds. The NIST Mass ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered some of the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars, and scientists say ordinary geology may not fully explain them.

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CBSE Class 12 Organic Chemistry is often seen as memory-heavy, but it is built on clear patterns. From functional groups and reaction mechanisms to redox behaviour and named reactions, recognising ...

THE usual way of identifying organic compounds consists in preparing a crystalline derivative and determining its melting temperature. Such preparation requires at least 50 mgm. of material. Compounds ...

The NIST Mass Spectral Library has expanded to include new human and plant metabolites, variants of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has ...