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Birt

Elements salts

HI Abers I am reading a book about the elements that mentions the "salts". Usually about solable insoluble salts. What is meant by salts?

nantyboy

Old silver coins

I have some old silver coins that have become dirty through circulation. Does anyone please have any tips for cleaning them without tarnishing them?

littlemissx

please dont judge but opinions please

i am engaged to a really lovely guy who would do anything for me and loves me to bits. last weekend i went away for a girly weekend to cheer her up a bit and met a guy whom if i was single would be my...

strain

heating boiler

If some of my radiators only heat towards the top and I have bled them until the water comes out does this mean that my boiler may not be stong enough to heat them - I added 3 radiators to my house...

dianfirmansy

bulletproof kevlar

what exactly the property that make a kevlar sheet unpenetrable by bullet? Is it the tensile strength, breaking strength, stiffness, or others? Thanks.

boobesque

newtons law unlawful?

firstly i am aware that space is not a total vaccum. i am also aware that the particles in space, such as the higgs field boson, random neutrinos etc play little part in interactions with larger...

matty443

what is gun cotton?

what is gut cotton because google is giving me conflicting results so can soneone plese tell me what it is thank you.

whiffey

Do you recycle enough ?

Prompted by the BBC News and the lovely Natasha, I wondered how everybody is getting on with this. I have taken it so seriously that I have gone from 2-3 stuffed black bags on rubbish day to one small...

poppie

damp patch --

the damp patch is on the inside wall of my living-room but is an external wall i removed bricks from the outside wall and put my arm inside the wall to feel if the bricks were wet and in insulation...

Pudcat

Superglue

how can I remove superglue from fingers

tony mcscaff

co-efficiant of friction

what two substances have the lowest co-efficiant of friction

Richie Stan

Spider Strengh

Just how strong is a spiders web compared to steal of the same width? And what has the most tensile strength? in nature or man made? Does anything beat the web for width/strength?

marryme

driving a car in uk

i'm in uk for a year with a valid drivers licence can i drive my parent's car or friends cars or do i have to still get insurance for myself?

jgs

scrumping

There is a plum/ damson tree in a private garden near my house. It is just the other side of their fence. However, the tree overhangs a public footpath with lots of juicy looking fruit which are...

fabrizio3003

age old question

whats the meaning of life you brain boxes out there

samuel23

magnets for warfare

What I actually mean is for peaceful purposes. Would it be possible to activate huge magnets to disarm the opposing army or to 'catch' bullets, missiles, shells etc in a sort of magnetic force field...

Birt

What is an Isotope?

You hear about different isotopes for elements eg uranium. What exactly is an Isotope and are these just for elements?

Jenarry

small car with big enough boot for pram.

i need to change my car. i currently have a corsa which is perfect except boot is too small to take my baby's pram-half has to go on back seat. still want a fairly small car but need a bigger boot....

glenn_99

Warts.

My five year old daughter has several warts on her knee and is causind her some distress. Any suggestions to rid her of these warts?

kermit911

How to shield a magnet

What can I store a strong magnet in to protect things around it? Like tv's, monitors, stupid little paperclips, etc.

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