www.igcse.at.ua ORGANIC CHEMISTRY OIL and its many useful PRODUCTS The origin of oil Crude oil is formed from organic material of the remains of plant and animal organisms that lived millions of years ago. These remains form sediments eg at the bottom of seas‚ and become buried under layers of sedimentary rock. They decay‚ without air (oxygen)‚ under the action of heat and pressure to form crude oil over millions of years. It is a fossil fuel because it is formed from
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Organic Farming Organic farming is a form of agriculture that does not use synthetic‚ which means artificial‚ fertilizers‚ pesticides and genetically modified organisms. Organic basically defines a way of growing‚ processing‚ and handling food. Organic farming promotes biodiversity. The dictionary defines biodiversity as the diversity among and within plant and animal species in an environment. The goals of organic farming includes maintaining diverse crops‚ keeping soil healthy‚ reducing pollution
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Ever wondered why organic foods are more expensive? Why organic foods are kept separately from the other food in a grocery store? Why some produce has special labels? The food all looks the same on the outside. An apple marked organic looks the same as any other apple in the produce section of the store. The difference is not the outward appearance but how the apple was grown and processed. The word organic gives the impression that the food will be safer and more nutritious to eat than food without
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Stopper pH paper Small test tubes and rack Graduated cylinder (10 ml) Evaporating dish DISCUSSION Organic chemistry is the study of compounds containing carbon (excluding CO2‚ CO‚ carbonates‚ elemental carbons‚ and others). The two primary sources of organic compounds are oil and coal. Other sources of organic compounds are plants‚ animals‚ and microorganisms. Hydrocarbons are organic compounds that contain only carbon and hydrogen. There are various classifications of hydrocarbons.
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Identification of Unknown Organic Compounds by Melting Point‚ Boiling Point‚ and Infrared Spectroscopy Methods and Background The goal of this laboratory experiment was to determine the structure and identity of an unknown solid and an unknown liquid by using elemental analysis‚ index of hydrogen deficiency‚ infrared spectroscopy‚ melting point (for solid)‚ and boiling point (for liquid). In this laboratory‚ we were given unknown solid “C” and unknown liquid “D”. The empirical formula
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well as throughout the world. They also provide programs that teach people about how to get the nutrition they need to lead healthy lifestyles. They offer classes over the basics of nutrition‚ cooking with what you have‚ buying on a budget‚ and on organic gardening as well. Which are all reasons why I have been very excited to help and to learn about everything that The High Plains Food Bank and Garden has to offer to everyone throughout the panhandle. The High Plains Food Bank and garden exists in
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with increasingly experiencing stressed out and burn out from their everyday activities that they perform at work. They are helpless in their efforts to keep up the productivity and the stress eventually runs into the families of the victims. Everday we all are faced with different Dilemas with burnout and stress‚. The Five articles chosen for this assignment written by Alters‚ Hildebrand‚ ledger‚ Boyes and Coombes express the factors of burn out and stress. Burnout can be described as the extinction
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have in their pocket. To be frank‚ organically grown food isn’t nutritionally better than regular foods; in fact‚ some regular foods can be genetically modified to have higher concentrations of nutrients so organic loses in that regard. However‚ one of the main reasons why I advocate for organic food (if you have the means) is that its safer for your long term health and below are my reasons why. Two years ago I wrote a research paper on the environment‚ genetically modified crops and crops
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Information”‚ USDA’s National Organic Program‚ http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/ Consumers/ Consumerhome.html 3.Peter Singer‚ “Animal Liberation”‚ pp.147-150. 4.B. P. Baker; C. M. Benbrook; E. Groth; K. Lutz Benbrook. 2002. Pesticide residues in conventional‚ integrated pest management (IPM)-grown and organic foods: insights from three US data sets. Fair Trade coffee farms‚ certified by TransFair USA‚ are required to ensure that the coffee was grown using sustainable methods (such as organic farming) and that farmers
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Indra Nooyi‚ Ursula Burns‚ Marc Benioff‚ Salesforce. Inspiration from their Leaderships Sergio Cerbone Which personal values do they embody? In which ways do these values impact their leadership work? Indra Nooyi‚ PepsiCo High-performance standards and expectation of excellence. This is how people describe the type of environment that Indra Nooyi brought into PepsiCo. She pushes people even with negative feedback (but with humor) to strive to become better at work. Nooyi is well liked and respected
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