This article that I found a couple days ago discusses a new type of reaction discovered recently. The article says that despite having studied chemical reactions for many, many years, humans only know of 36 types of reactions. This new discovery makes the count 37. According to the article, learning more about this new type of reaction could be beneficial and significant in several fields. Reading this article reminded me about the discussion that we had in class last week about how there is still so much that we do not know about chemistry and how some discoveries that have yet to be made could potentially debunk theories or principles that we accept as truth today. It is fascinating how much our knowledge of the world has changed and how much that knowledge will continue to change as time passes.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130904130343.htm
Submitted by: Melanie Blank
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I was surprised to learn that we classify "types" of reactions beyond endothermic and exothermic. I would be curious to know more about what makes a reaction sufficiently different from another to be classified as a different type. It was also interesting that this new reaction would be related to engine combustion. You're right; this goes back to our discussion of technology vs. science at the beginning of semester. Much of our technology- even something as basic as a combustion engine- is still not fully explained by science.
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