Showing posts with label chemistry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chemistry. Show all posts

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Chemistry 401: caffeine


Caffeine was discovered by a German chemist, Friedrich Ferdinand Runge, in 1819. He coined the term "kaffein", a chemical compound in coffee, which in English became caffeine. Read more

Chemistry 401: LEL & UEL


Flammability limits, also called flammable limits, or explosive limits give the proportion of combustible gases in a mixture, between which limits this mixture is flammable. Read more