Sodium chloride, an ionic compound, has a high melting point whereas paraffin wax, a molecular compound, melts easily. Explain why.

Aradio signal from a gps satellite take only about 0.067 seconds to reach a gps reciever. if the speed of light is about 300,000km/s, then approximately how far away is the reciever from from the satellite?

How many mmols of tris-hcl are there in 100 ml of a 100 mm tris-hcl buffer solution at ph 8.1? note that the 100 mm refers to the sum of tris and tris-hcl concentrations?

Given the following information: mass of proton = 1.00728 amu mass of neutron = 1.00866 amu mass of electron = 5.486 × 10^-4 amu speed of light = 2.9979 × 10^8 m/s calculate the nuclear binding energy (absolute value) of 3li^6. which has an atomic mass of 6.015126 amu. j/mol.