Crystal making lab Purpose: To better understand saturated solutions‚ solubility . Analysis: 2. Why was it necessary to heat the water? Be specific. Heating the water allows it to hold much more borax in solution than it could at room temperature. So after the water cooled‚ the ability of the solution to hold the solute inside decreases‚this causes the excess borax in the solution to precipitate in crystal form on the string.When the water at a high temperature‚ water molecules have more kinetic
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The Function of a Crystal Radio What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you think about the function of the radio? Is the first thing that pops into your mind the word ‘magic’? Despite the fact that it seems like it is magical and comes out of the air‚ radio and the use of the radio is very scientific. When broken down and analyzed‚ the function of the radio is more scientific than magical. The miraculous way that you can send out invisible information through thin air and can
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Before watching the videos on crystal meth I was very uneducated when it came to the drug. After watching the Oprah Winfrey Show and Meth is Death video‚ it was very easy for me to come to the conclusion that crystal meth is a very intense and addictive drug. On the Oprah Winfrey Show‚ Oprah describes crystal meth as being the most dangerous drug in America and the biggest problem officers face concerning drugs. She also says crystal meth is not popular with a particular group of people. Rather
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Crystals are formed when atoms line up in patterns and solidify. There are crystals everywhere — in the form of salt‚ sugar‚ sand‚ diamonds‚ quartz‚ and many more! To make crystals‚ you need to make a very special kind of solution called a supersaturated solid solution. Here’s what that means: if you add salt by the spoonful to a cup of water‚ you’ll reach a point where the salt doesn’t disappear (dissolve) anymore and forms a lump at the bottom of the glass. The point at which it begins
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Santiago and The Crystal Merchant Sometimes changes are required to make life easier when you are struggling. In the novel‚ The Alchemist‚ Santiago suggests that the crystal merchant should change in order to improve his business. When the merchant agrees with Santiago’s brilliant ideas‚ many positive things start to happen. In this part of the novel‚ Santiago had just gotten robbed and he has no way to survive. Desperate for food‚ he offers his assistance to a crystal merchant in exchange
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Crystal Research Paper A crystal is made up of the same materials that a regular glass is made of‚ such as silica‚ soda‚ and lime‚ but the addition of lead oxide is what gives crystals their shine. A bead has to have 24% lead oxide added to qualify as leaded crystal. Contrary to the popular belief‚ crystals have been around for a long time. Ancient Egypt‚ Rome‚ and other groups have all used crystals for various purposes. It was used in medicine‚ magic and rituals‚ as offerings and currency‚ as
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Strategy and the Crystal Cycle John A. Mathews ne of the unexplored areas of business dynamics is how the cyclical behavior of certain important industries poses strategic issues for incumbent firms as well as challengers. All frameworks used in strategy (such as the Porter’s “competitive forces” framework) attempt to capture the decisions made by businesses in the attempt to influence their “business landscape” (to use the language of Ghemawat).1 However‚ the frameworks rarely place these business
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The Crystal Merchant and Englishman’s Development “We make a lot of detours‚ but we’re always heading for the same destination” (77). Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist reveals how Santiago goes about in a journey to achieve his Personal Legend. In his journey Santiago meets several people‚ although not everyone served a role in helping him realize his Personal Legend‚ but the Crystal Merchant and the Englishman served as big part in the realization of Santiago Personal Legend. Santiago had to
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Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) – Working We always use devices made up of Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) like computers‚ digital watches and also DVD and CD players. They have become very common and have taken a giant leap in the screen industry by clearly replacing the use of Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT). CRT draws more power than LCD and are also bigger and heavier. All of us have seen an LCD‚ but no one knows the exact working of it. Let us take a look at the working of an LCD. We get the definition
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on David Crystal’s article “2b or Not 2b?” 1. David Crystal begins his article with some strong “they say” arguments‚ quoting writers who argue that text messaging is destroying the English language. At what point in the article do you begin to see that his own perspective is very different from that of such critics? - Crystal’s perspective on texting is displayed many times throughout different paragraphs in the article. In paragraph six Crystal states “texting has added a new dimension to language
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