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The following two puzzles don’t require much knowledge of chemistry. They are basically LOGIC puzzles.
LOGIC Puzzle #1
Among the six molecules below, there are two that are classified as alcohols, two ketones, one aldehyde and one carboxylic acid.
C3H6O
, C2H4O2, CH4O, C3H8O, C2H4O, C4H8OUse the following statements to figure out which formulas correspond to which groups( alcohol, ketone, aldehyde or carboxylic acid). Careful: one of the statements below is FALSE!
LOGIC Puzzle #2
Four particles (kaon ,muon, photon, and neutron) belong to four different categories: (baryon, gauge, lepton and meson). Each has a different rest mass (0, 106, 494, and 940). From the statements below, fill out the following table:
Particle |
Category |
Rest Mass |
kaon |
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muon |
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neutron |
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photon |
Puzzle 1 Solution:
Formula |
Group |
C3H6O |
Ketone |
C2H4O2 |
Carboxylic acid |
CH4O |
Alcohol |
C3H8O |
Alcohol |
C2H4O |
Aldehyde |
C4H8O |
Ketone |
Puzzle 2 Solution:
Particle |
Category |
Rest Mass |
kaon |
meson |
494 |
muon |
Lepton |
106 |
neutron |
Baryon |
940 |
photon |
gauge |
0 |