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Q: What would happen if matter could not decompose?
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What would happen if platinum was added to hydrogen peroxide solution?

The platinum acts as catalyst and causes the hydrogen peroxide to decompose into water and oxygen.


What could be the products of CaCO3 if it undergoes a decomposition reaction?

If CaCO3 (calcium carbonate) were to decompose, it would likely result in CaO (calcium oxide) and CO2 (carbon dioxide).


What would happen to the caffeine if the sublimation step were performed at atmospheric pressure?

Transformation of the solid caffeine in a gas after 178 0C.


What happen when potassium chlorate is heated?

It would decompose and turn molten. But be careful when you are doing it. Molten potassium chlorate is very nasty stuff. Spill it onto your skin, and it would leave a terrible burn. Potassium chlorate decomposes into oxygen, and when something that could burn, such as a gummy bear, is added to it, it rapidly combusts, driving the decomposition forward. If you spill molten potassium chlorate, you could think of the table, floor, your clothes, your skin, as another gummy bear. So be cautious when working with it.


What would happen if there were no electrons?

If there were no electrons, there would also be no solid matter. Atomic nuclei, if they could still exist in the absence of electrons, would repel all other atomic nuclei since they would all be positively charged, so the only state of matter that could exist would be some form of gas. Chances are, a universe made only of gas would be less interesting than the one we now inhabit.

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What would happen if mule deer died?

It would decompose


What is organic matter from kitchens and yards that decompose?

Organic matter from kitchen and yards that decompose would be leaves, twigs, fruit, food, and eggshells. These can all be decomposed.


Do rubber tires decompose?

Given enough time yes, they will decompose. It would take thousands of years for this to happen.


What would happen to cockroach 5000 years from now?

It would decompose into the earth.


What would happen if all the decompose-rs are removed the carbon cycle?

In the absence of decomposers from carbon cycle heaps of organic matter will accumulate. This will ultimately disturb the natural balance.


What might happen if forest decompose rs such as soil bacteria and fungi were destroyed by a pollutant?

The forest would decompose at a slower rate


What would happen to a body in space An already dead person with a suit and without Since there is no oxygen and no bacteria would it decompose or what?

With or without a suit on, the body would decompose because our bodies contian bacteria in our digestive tracts.


What would happen to animal and plant remains if there was a high population of bacteria and fungi in the soil?

They would decompose more rapidly that if there were not


What happens if vultures did not exist?

We would have a lot of full-body carcasses, but it wouldn't matter because the bodies would still decompose.


What would happen if matter didn't exist?

nothing would happen because there would be nothing


What is The term for fungi that decompose dead organic matter?

That would just be fungi in general, but it could also be Heterotrough.


What is a word for to breakdown or rot?

There are actually many words. Decompose would be my first choice, but DECAY DISINTEGRATE are also right up there.