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- Nicotine and Addiction
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Nicotine's chemical properties
>Nicotine is an oily liquid that is colorless to pale yellow.
>Very hygroscopic and turns brown on exposure to air or light.
>When nicotene is mixed with water, it's volume contracts.
>Nicotine forms salts with almost any acid and double salts with many metals and acids.
>Nicotine is very solueable in alchohol, chloroform, ether, petr ether, kerosene and oils.
>Very hygroscopic and turns brown on exposure to air or light.
>When nicotene is mixed with water, it's volume contracts.
>Nicotine forms salts with almost any acid and double salts with many metals and acids.
>Nicotine is very solueable in alchohol, chloroform, ether, petr ether, kerosene and oils.