Banana Peels Get a Second Life as Water Purifier Mar. 10‚ 2011 — To the surprisingly inventive uses for banana peels -- which include polishing silverware‚ leather shoes‚ and the leaves of house plants -- scientists have added purification of drinking water contaminated with potentially toxic metals. Their report‚ which concludes that minced banana peel performs better than an array of other purification materials‚ appears in ACS’s journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Gustavo
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INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Sampalok‚ being of prehistoric introduction‚ is planted throughout the settled areas of the Philippines and is cultivated for its many uses. The plant is a large tree from 12 to 25 meters in height. The pods are oblong‚ thickened‚ and 6 to 15 centimetres by 2 to 3 centimeters‚ slightly compressed‚ and provided with a thin‚ crustaceous epicarp and a pulpy‚ acid‚ edible mesocarp. The young leaves flowers‚ leaves‚ and young pods are being used by people for
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The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is about how many different things contributed to the success of societies versus the destruction of other societies. The book starts out with the author‚ Jared Diamond‚ in New Guinea talking to a New Guinean politician named Yali. Yali asked Diamond "Why white men developed so much cargo…" Diamond was determined to seek an answer to Yali’s question. Diamond surrounds his answer on how History followed different courses for different people because of differences among
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Throughout the semester‚ we have watched many films that relates to chapters in our book‚ the film that I chose is Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ Episode 1: Out of Eden. This film illustrates and attains the answer to why some societies and regions like Eurasia and the Americans thrived meanwhile countries like New Guinea did not. Jared Diamond‚ who is a professor‚ biologist by training‚ and specializes in human physiology studied birds in New Guinea. During his quest‚ he also came upon
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Surgical extraction I start by escorting the patient into the surgery I put full personal protective equipment on myself and the patient‚ I have placed all needed instruments on the work top for the dentist to access. Instruments: * Mirror‚ probe and tweezers * Local anaesthetic equipment * Aspirator and saliva ejector * Hand piece (fast slow and straight) and surgical burs * Scapel‚ periosteal elevator and swabs * Retractors * Forceps * Elevators * Bone forceps
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Discussion: Impure caffeine was extracted from the instant coffee by separation and evaporation. The amount of impure caffeine in 4.0045g of instant coffee was found to be 64.5mg with a yield of 1.6%. The yield is higher than the overall class average yield. This shows that there is a source of error. With the yield being higher‚ it is possible that the product did not have applicable time to dry and could still have been wet‚ which would make it heavier. Through a new technique called sublimation
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like fires. The banana peel is known for its antifungal and antibiotic properties. The peel is also loaded with a lot of Vitamins‚ minerals and fiber Many articles and pamphlets say that banana peel is even effective in shining and smoothening surfaces like shoes made up of leather. There are many advocacies promoting environment preservation and restoration. This may help in these advocacies. Because the main ingredient was just banana peel so that will lessen the
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Production and applications Titanium and titanium alloys powders Titanium possesses an exclusive combination of low density‚ good mechanical properties at room and elevated temperatures and good corrosion resistance. Titanium and its alloys are used extensively in aerospace‚biomedical industries and in other industrial applications. However‚ titanium ingots are expensive to produce and fabricate. Another problem is connected with segregation in highly alloyed titanium materials. The high cooling
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In the past protein powder has been the main product of choice of bodybuilders and other weightlifters who spend all of their time in the gym with the goal of becoming as strong and muscular as they can. But‚ in the past years‚ many other athletes and people have discovered the many benefits that protein powders have‚ causing the popularity of this product to increase rapidly. Many studies have proven that using protein powder while performing a resistance exercise plan will increase overall muscular
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Honey powder goes by many names including granulated honey and dried honey. They all refer to honey that has been dehydrated to the point that it becomes a solid. High fructose honey tends to crystallize naturally and so it is likely that the use of honey powder has been around as long as humans have been consuming honey. Honey’s use has been documented all the way back to ancient Egypt where it was used as an important dietary supplement as well as for embalming bodies. There are cave paintings
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