Alcohol Abuse Alcohol abuse is a very dangerous condition in that it can cause many problems in a persons life and affect many aspects of their lifestyle. Alcoholism (or alcohol abuse) somehow effects everyone’s life at some point in time; through a parent‚ a sibling‚ a friend‚ or even personal encounters. Alcohol abuse‚ as a medical diagnosis‚ refers to a pattern of behavior characterized by excessive alcohol consumption. This consumption can occur at regular intervals‚ regular weekend intervals
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Lab 5 Oxidation of an alcohol CHM2123 Introduction: Oxidation is a key reaction in organic chemistry. Oxidation of an alcohol can produce aldehydes‚ ketones‚ or carboxylic acids. One of the methods of oxidation is an aldol reaction through carbon-carbon bonds. The oxidation oxidizes primary alcohols to aldehydes and secondary alcohols oxidizes ketones. Tertiary alcohols are converted to the common oxidizing agents. Scheme 5.1: Aldehydes can be oxidized easily to carboxylic acids in aqueous medias
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Alcohol Summary The topic that is being studied is alcohol dependency. While investigating alcoholism my research question is can different treatment from different statically testing help with abstinence or does the alcoholic need treatment in a hospital setting. The research and design is used to aid the alcoholic to be alcohol free by using percentages and variables in studies. One article example is Women’s experiences of caring when in treatment for alcohol dependency
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Aim To find out difference in the heat of combustion for different types of alcohols. Hypothesis The higher the number of carbon atoms in an alcohol is‚ the higher the energy for the heat of combustion. Alcohol is a homologous series‚ a series of organic compounds with similar formula and chemical properties‚ and increase in molecular size and mass. When the equations for combustion of these alcohols are listed in the order of increasing number of carbon atoms‚ Methanol 1 CH3OH(l) + 3/2 O2(g)
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The problem of alcohol and drug abuse is of high importance nowadays. It is especially acute among young people and this fact horrifies most of all. Today the statistics shows deplorable numbers of young people‚ drinking and taking drugs. What is more terrible is that more and more young people start drinking and taking drugs. It is high time to stop this epidemic if our society does not want to loose its future. Alcohol abuse is itself very harmful for a human organism‚ especially for a young
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Effects of Alcohol Alcohol can have some good benefits and then some bad ones‚ for example when you drink you can encounter yourself having a good time laughing and joking around with your friends‚ or you can find yourself angry wanting to argue and start fights with everybody. If you’re a “happy drunk” you probably don’t have bad alcoholism in your family‚ and you can control your drinking with the attitudes it may drag along. While on the other hand if you’re an “angry drunk” you may not be
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The Abuse of Alcohol Christine Townsend University Of Pheoniox Author Note This essay is being submitted on October 21‚ 2012‚ for Karen Spears Reading and Writing Strategies course. The Abuse of Alcohol A large part of the population in the United States abuse or used to abuse alcohol. The health and social problems are enormous‚ leading to an increase in unemployment‚ homelessness and even death. Alcoholism can cause a lonely and poor life style. Many people use certain excuses to drink
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Effects of alcohol Cause and Effect Paper‚ Final Draft Causes and Effects of Alcoholism The causes and effects of alcoholism on society are far-reaching‚ tragic‚ and hard to deny. One of the many definitions of alcoholism is a primary‚ chronic disease with genetic and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. Harmful consequences from this dangerous addiction include the eventual inability of the addicted to be a productive member of society; liver and brain
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Matt Feldman Mr. Mosher AP Bio 12/6/2012 The Metabolism of Alcohol This article describes the process the liver undergoes to breakdown the alcohol in your blood stream. Also it discusses the consequences of heavy drinking and the damage it causes to your body. The only cells in our body that can metabolize ethanol are in our liver. In the cells NAD+ oxidizes the ethanol to acetic acid‚ which generates an excess amount of NADH‚ which gives its electrons to the ETC. Then Oxidative phosphorylation
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Combustion Of Alcohols Planning This investigation involves burning alcohol in the air. Key science- Chemistry by Eileen Ramsden says that " an alcohol is a series of organic‚ homologous compounds‚ with the general formula Cn H2n+1OH". The alcohol reacts with the oxygen in the air to form the products water and carbon dioxide: Cn H2n+1OH +(n+n/2)-1O2 ? nH2O + nCO2 The structure of the molecules in this reaction is: H H | | H - C - C - O- H + 3[O=O] ? 1/2[O=C=O] + 3[H-O-H] | | H H This reaction
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