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    The Rain Man Juan Hernandez UMUC "Of course I don ’t have my underwear. I ’m definitely not wearing my underwear.... These are not boxer shorts. Mine are boxer shorts. These are Hanes 32... My boxer shorts have my name and it says Raymond...I get my boxer shorts at K-Mart in Cincinnati". (Rain Man‚ 1988) This quote from the popular movie Rain Man perfectly captures the disorder that plagues Raymond Bobbitt‚ one of the main characters. He is a very particular man who must always

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    Global Warming and Acid Rain

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    Global Warming and Acid Rain INTRODUCTION The phrase Global Warming has become familiar to many people as one of the important environmental issues of our day. Many views have been expressed concerning it‚ from the doom-laden to the dismissive. There is little debate that the earth is undoubtedly warming. It has been the subject of intense debate for decades now. Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and industrial gases from fossil fuels play a huge role in why our environment is changing

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    carboxylic acids

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    Exercise No. 8 CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND ACID DERIVATIVES I. OBJECTIVES: • To investigate the physical and chemical properties of Carboxylic acid and its derivatives • To understand the reactions of carboxylic compounds and derivatives. II. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS  Solubility of Carboxylic acids in 10% NaHCO¬3  Acetic acid - formation of bubbles  Benzoic acid - formation of bubbles  Test for Acetic acid  NaOH + Acetic acid - blue litmus paper turned red  NaOH + Acetic acid + FeCl3 - red colored

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    Formic Acid

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    Formic acid is known to be the simplest carboxylic acid‚ and it is an important factor in chemical synthesis and occurs naturally. The chemical formula for Formic Acid is CH202‚ and is mostly found in the venom of bee and ant stings. Formic acid is clear and colorless with a pungent odor. Formic acid is used in many ways; Formic acid is used to preserve livestock. It is also sprayed on animal food and fresh hay to reduce the decay rate. It can also be used as a pesticide to protect bee

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    Amino Acids

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    Amino Acids Glycine is the smallest of the amino acids. It is ambivalent‚ meaning that it can be inside or outside of the protein molecule. In aqueous solution at or near neutral pH‚ glycine will exist predominantly as the zwitterion. Alanine is a hydrophobic molecule. It is ambivalent‚ meaning that it can be inside or outside of the protein molecule. The α carbon of alanine is optically active; in proteins‚ only the L-isomer is found. Serine differs from alanine in that one of the methylenic

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    Chapter 10 ComMon Acids and Alkalis 10.1 Acids and Alkalis 1. Acids taste sour. Many fruits contain acids. 2. The three mineral acids commonly found in the laboratory are hydrochloric acid‚ sulphuric acid and nitric acid. 3. Alkalis taste bitter and feel soapy or slippery. 4. The common alkalis found in the laboratory are sodium hydroxide solution‚ potassium hydroxide solution‚ calcium hydroxide solution and ammonia solution. 10.2 Acid-Alkali Indicators 1. An acid-alkali indicator

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    Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow is a story about Eugene Henderson‚ a middle-aged millionaire who was often drunk‚ lazy and had inherited all of his money from his father. “From my old man I inherited three million dollars after taxes‚ but I thought myself as a bum and had my reasons‚ the main reason being that I behaved like a bum.”(HRK‚ p.1) Throughout the novel Eugene seems to have some sort of connection with different types of animals‚ and in some cases he even acts animal like. After

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    Sulphuric Acid

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    GIVEN: TO DESIGN A 1000TPD CAPACITY H2SO4 ACID PLANT BASIS: 1 HOUR OF OPERATION. PURITY: PRODUCT WHICH IS TO BE MANUFACTURED IS ASSUMED TO HAVE STRENGTH OF 98% ACID. 1000TPD implies that we have Acid 1000 x 10 / 24 = 41666.67 Kg/Hr of 3 With 98% purity‚ the acid that is produced per hour = (98 x 41666.67) / 100 = 40833.34 Kg/Hr Kmoles of Sulfuric acid to be produced = 40833.34 / 98 = 416.667 Kmoles/Hr It’s assumed that overall absorption of the acid is 100 % = 416.667 / 1.0 Then‚ SO3 required

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    Nucleic acids

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    on biological thinking as the discovery of base-pairing in nucleic acids. These complementariness principles do not only underlie current ideas on the structure of the nucleic acids‚ but they form the foundation of all speculations‚ more or less well- founded‚ on their physical properties (denaturation‚ hypochromic- ity‚ etc.)‚ on the transfer of biological information from deoxy- ribonucleic acid to ribonucleic acid‚ and on the role of the latter in directing the synthesis of specific

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    Acid Base Titration Lab

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    Name ______________________________________ Before you begin‚ save this Lab Report Template on your computer as LastNameAPChem7 Title: Acid Base Titration Purpose: To practice titration techniques To perform acid-base titrations To determine the molarity and percent composition of acetic acid in commercial vinegar Materials: |0.1 M sodium hydroxide |24-well reaction plate |toothpicks | |phenolphthalein test paper

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