Matt Feldman Mr. Mosher AP Bio 12/6/2012 The Metabolism of Alcohol This article describes the process the liver undergoes to breakdown the alcohol in your blood stream. Also it discusses the consequences of heavy drinking and the damage it causes to your body. The only cells in our body that can metabolize ethanol are in our liver. In the cells NAD+ oxidizes the ethanol to acetic acid‚ which generates an excess amount of NADH‚ which gives its electrons to the ETC. Then Oxidative phosphorylation
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Combustion Of Alcohols Planning This investigation involves burning alcohol in the air. Key science- Chemistry by Eileen Ramsden says that " an alcohol is a series of organic‚ homologous compounds‚ with the general formula Cn H2n+1OH". The alcohol reacts with the oxygen in the air to form the products water and carbon dioxide: Cn H2n+1OH +(n+n/2)-1O2 ? nH2O + nCO2 The structure of the molecules in this reaction is: H H | | H - C - C - O- H + 3[O=O] ? 1/2[O=C=O] + 3[H-O-H] | | H H This reaction
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An Analysis of the Presence of Alcohol in Ernest Hemingway’s Short Stories Alcohol and Desperation: An Analysis of the Presence of Alcohol in Ernest Hemingway’s Short Stories Throughout the short stories of Ernest Hemingway‚ alcohol inevitably lends its company to situations in which desperation already resides. In an examination of his earlier works‚ such as In Our Time‚ a comparison to later collections reveals the constant presence of alcohol where hopelessness prevails. The
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Cultural History of Alcohol Alcohol has been around for a very long time‚ and it is clear to see the culture impact it has made throughout history. People perceive alcohol in many different ways; depending on gender‚ age‚ religious background‚ or social upbringing (Hanson 11). Throughout history alcohol has affected different cultures and various demographics. Drinking alcohol is very exciting in many cultures‚ along with being one of the oldest rites of passage‚ especially in modern day American
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Alcohol Poisoning Not many people know about or what alcohol poisoning is. You can get it from excessive drink which will result in not only harming yourself‚ but others around you too. Some people find that drinking is a joke or think it’s funny‚ but it’s not. Every time you drink alcohol‚ your liver has to filter out the poisonous alcohol from your blood. Alcohol is absorbed quickly into your body (much quicker than food)‚ but the body can only process around one unit of alcohol each hour. If
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1. When it comes to drinking alcohol‚ how much is too much? How can you avoid drinking amounts that will affect your judgment? When you see a friend having too many drinks at a party‚ what actions do you normally take? What actions could you take? For a normal male about 3 drinks is about at the okay to drive and able to function and the normal female is about 2 drinks. About anything over these limits is too much...unless you have a designated driver then about 5 or more drinks is too much. Me
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Chapters 2.8-2.10: alcohols‚ halogenoalkanes‚ mechanisms and spectra Consolidation questions 1. Give the names of the two primary alcohols with the molecular formula C4H10O. butan-1-ol 2-methyl propan-1-ol 2. Write the equation‚ using state symbols‚ for the reaction of ethanol with sodium. CH3CH2OH(l) + Na(s) CH3CH2O-Na+(alc) + ½ H2(g) 3. Name the organic product above. Sodium ethoxide 4. Give the names and structural formulae for the two possible products
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Shanelle Gonzales At the very informative lecture “Solo Cup Culture: Minimizing the Risks of an Alcohol-Soaked Campus Climate‚” Jake Byczkowski‚ addressed the tribulations of drinking alcohol. While many college students are under the impression that drinking excessively is considered “cool”‚ Jake Byczkowski informs Cortland students that drinking is indeed one of the most harmful things one can do to their body. Jake first addressed the crowd by asking the students at the lecture to shout out
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Alcohol can do a lot of different things to people I will say the its all depends on how much you drink some people like to get wasted‚ some like to get tipsy. Alcohol has a lot of good and bad things some people need a drink everyday People use alcohol for numerous reasons; peer pressure‚ celebration‚ anxiety‚ sadness‚ boredom‚ rebellion and insomnia are just a few. Teens fall under the category of “people”. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one‚ but illegally drinking age is as low as
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Alcohol Abuse Alcohol abuse is perhaps one of the biggest problems in the United States today. It is not only a personal problem that dramatically affects an individual’s lives‚ but moreover those that surround such a life. In the essay “Under the Influence” by Scott Russel Sanders‚ he expresses his emotions through a poem. “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke. “The whiskey on his breath could make a small boy dizzy; but hung on like death; such waltzing was not easy.” (258). This poem is
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