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human
In my experience and to the best of my knowledge, most lab equipment is made of glass. What is it that is so special about glass that leads to it being so stable when in contact with such a variety of substances?
gpt
The reason why it is so stable is because the Si-O bond has a very high bond energy (glass is mainly silicon dioxide), around 600 KJ/Mol. This means it takes a large amount of energy for something to react with glass by breaking this bond. This is also why diatomic nitrogen is used as an inert gas, because the N-N (triple bond) has such a high bond energy (~900KJ/Mol).