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    equivalence points in acid-base titrations Objectives 1. To understand the importance of choosing suitable indicators for detecting the end points of acid-base titrations. 2. To obtain titration curves for some acid-base titrations. Introduction Indicator is usually a weak organic acid or base that has distinctly different colours in its protonated and deprotonated forms. There are 4 types of acid-base titrations such as strong acid-weak base titration‚ weak acid-strong base titration‚ strong

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    GOTTHARD BASE TUNNEL‚ SWITZERLAND 1. INTRODUCTION Currently under construction to stretch a record length of 57 km‚ the Gotthard Base tunnel located in Switzerland spans the north of Europe‚ spanning through the Swiss Alps to the south of Europe. This railway tunnel has been designed to bypass the inefficient route of windy roads and cutting down travel time. The Gotthard Base tunnel consisting of twin tunnels is connected by cross passages at every 325m. The twin tunnels have been constructed

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    Radiations of GSM Base Station Antenna And Its Health Consequences- A Research conducted in Nigeria In Nigeria 98% of Global System for Mobile (GSM) base stations (cell sites) are sited within 20 meters from residential‚ offices‚ schools‚ business buildings. Cell phone antennas emit microwave frequencies‚ which are non-ionizing radiation. A research was conducted by measuring field data of radiation from GSM base antennas in Nigeria for supporting evidence public health risks from gsm radiations

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    In "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚ Mark Twain creates some memorable characters. The longer a character appears‚ the more sides you see of them and the more believable they become. They contrasted with what Easterners of the era expected‚ which made them even more appropriate‚ realistic‚ and likable. The main protagonist in the story is a man in Simon Wheeler’s narration named Jim Smiley. Showing many sides to his character‚ Jim is obviously a round character‚ showing emotions including

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    dialect and exaggeration. Combining these two forms of writing or literature increases the interest of the story as well as the humor. Mr.Twain switches the two every so often‚ which never leaves the reader bored or uninterested.Within the story of The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County‚ it is literally a story about nothing‚ but the reader does not realize‚ because of the regional dialects of the different places which adds to the humorous portion of the text due to the way the characters speak. We see examples

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    Mark Twain’s biography and influences contributed to his purpose for writing “Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”‚ to create an amusing short story to illustrate southwestern humor. Mark Twain‚ then known as Samuel Clemens‚ was born on November 30th‚ 1835 in Florida‚ Missouri. When Clemens was four‚ his family moved to the small frontier town of Hannibal‚ Missouri‚ right along the Mississippi River. Missouri was a fairly new state and it was also a state that leaned towards slavery. Clemens’

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    Interactive Physiology Worksheet: Fluid‚ Electrolyte‚ and Acid-Base Balance: Acid-Base Homeostasis 1. List the three important buffer systems in the body: protein buffer systems 1. _______________________________________________________________________ carbonic acid- bicarbonate system 2. _______________________________________________________________________ phosphate buffer system 3. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. Write the equation showing the relationship

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    In “The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County”; Mark Twain writes about a man named Simon Wheeler‚ who tells the story of infamous gambler Jim Smiley.Throughout the text several tone shifts can be found that portray different emotions and paints vivid pictures in order to keep the reader interested. In the first paragraph the narrator implies that his friend may have tricked him into hearing Wheelers mindless babble about Jim Smiley.”If I asked Wheeler about him it would remind him of the

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    A Literary Analysis of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” Mark Twain is considered not only one of the most well-known American authors in history‚ but also one of the most recognizable figures in American history (Hannibal). Twain is most well-known for his stories‚ “The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” although‚ his short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” was the story that gave him his big break and got his name on the

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    Mark Twain the author of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras” is a story about a character named Jim Smiley. Jim was the curioest man he would almost always bet on anything. Jim had a caught a frog and for three months he taught the frog to jump to immense heights. One day he decided to go into town to find someone to bet that his frog can out jump any frog in the county. When he found someone he went out to search for a frog for his opponent‚ while he was gone the stranger gave Jim’s frog

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