Lacy Taylor iLab‚ Week #5 UNKNOWN ACID AND BASE TITRATION Introduction The pH‚ or the concentration of the hydrogen plus ion [H+]‚ is one of the most critical parameters in predicting if a system will corrode‚ or determining why a system is corroding. PH is defined as the negative log base 10 of the hydrogen plus ion concentration in the units of moles per litre. Procedure pH MEASUREMENT OF UNKNOWN SOLUTIONS Obtain the following apparatus from the equipment menu: 100 mL beaker
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This investigation will explore the question: To what extent was President Truman’s decision to the drop atomic bomb to save lives and hasten the end of World War Two? The pressures and outcomes of dropping the explosive on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945‚ will be the focus of this investigation. The first source is Thomas Holmes article‚ “The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan”‚ published in 2005 in the United States. The origin is valuable because Holmes is an American historian and social studies
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The development of the atomic bomb and chemical warfare forever changed the way people saw the world. It was a landmark in time for which there was no turning back. The constant balancing of the nuclear super powers kept the whole of humankind on the brink of atomic Armageddon. Fear of nuclear winter and the uncertainty of radiation created its own form of a cultural epidemic in the United States. During these tense times in human history officials made controversial decisions such as the bombings
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Weight Watchers is one of the most successful diet plans in the world. Many weight watching plans have come and gone through years‚ but Weight Watchers has endured. As their moniker says‚ Weight Watchers Works‚ in large part because it’s not an actual diet plan. For example‚ when a person thinks about a diet plan‚ they think about starvation‚ denial‚ and boredom. Dieters have to deny themselves certain food groups‚ or deny themselves of anything sensible and reasonable. This is why people try these
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Weight cutting does not only affect the athlete during the process‚ but can have long term effects on an athlete’s health. Cutting weight is linked to woman having lower estrogen levels which affects long term bone density. One trainer stated that due to constant weight cutting his fighter is unable to avoid injuries because she is prone to broken bones and has constant stress fractures. This has cause the fighter to be withheld from competition for three years in a row with no return in sight. Weight
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Lose Weight Losing weight is not easy. Nowadays‚ lots of people are not satisfied with their weight. They always want to get much slimmer than before. We can find various ways to lose weight on TV programs or from books and websites. However‚ more than half of people do not know how to lose weight in an efficient and healthy way. A common way of losing weight is to go on a diet. People eat a little food or do not eat anything for a meal. When they successfully achieve an ideal weight‚ they
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Are You Ready to Change your way of Life? Millions of people battle weight loss every day. People come up with so many excuses as to why they cannot lose weight. Losing weight‚ eating healthy and finding time to exercise are the biggest complaints of most individuals that are overweight. According to Rob B (par 1)‚ so many people fail at losing weight because they are lazy. Many people would like to lose weight and exercise but because of jobs‚ families and other priorities‚ it makes it
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Wrestlers Cutting Weight Some athletes do extra things to help them win‚ whether it be for a football player doing extra work outs‚ or taking steroids to a baseball player staying late from practice to work on his hit. In wrestling‚ some people do drastic things to help them be the best. “Kyle Talley of St. Mark’s‚ a state champion at 145 pounds last year‚ now wrestles at 152 pounds‚ about six pounds lighter than his natural weight” (Tresolini). Many wrestlers use unhealthy ways to cut weight; … “of 713
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Advertisements for weight loss are everywhere‚ but are they helpful or manipulative? According to the Federal Trade Commission‚ the only thing being lost in weight loss advertisements is money‚ not weight. With weight loss ads preying on the insecurities of a targeted overweight audience‚ they abuse the innocence of the viewer by influencing them with displays of skinny models. Weight loss ads use sex appeal to manipulate the audience through the usage of healthy food to appeal to the overweight
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Although many weight trainers have gone through great lengths to dispel the myths related to weight training for women‚ the negative connotations associated with it never really seem to go away. There’s a lot of controversy surrounding weight training and the effects it may cause on the female body. Despite this‚ weight training is actually really effective for transforming the female body in a great way. Listed below are some common myths associated around weight training for women. 1. If a woman
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