FACULTY OF ENGINBERING AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering Structure I Deflection Contents: Introduction 3 Objectives 3 Apparatus 4 Procedure 4 Results 4 Discussion 7 Conclusion 7 References 8 Introduction: The deflections of a beam are an engineering concern as they can create an unstable structure if they are large. People don’t want to work in a building in which the floor beams deflect an excessive amount
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turn off the primary production. Darkness has no effect on respiration. This is because cellular respiration is actually the reverse process of photosynthesis. Oxygen is a necessity of life requirements for basically all living organisms.* In this lab we are testing how different levels of salinity in the water indirectly affects the gross primary productivity in aquatic plants. To measure this you would use the light and dark bottle method. Only respiration (R) can occur in the bottle stored in
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Abstract This lab is performed in order to determine the total energy in a reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid. The reaction is done twice‚ once to measure the heat of the reaction and again to determine the work done in the system. This is because Enthalpy equals heat plus work (∆H= ∆E+W). Heat and work can be broken down further into separate components so the equation used in lab is ∆H=mc∆T + PV. Many calculations are used in the lab to find out what cannot be measured directly (ex:
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franciscana are known to live in high salinity lakes that are often basic (Biology 108 Lab Manual 2015). Furthermore‚ A. franciscana feed on photosynthetic phytoplankton which inhabit areas of light availability but are also more susceptible to predation in highly-lit areas (Biology 108 Lab Manual 2015). Also‚ A. franciscana can withstand a broad range of temperature except extreme values may affect survival (Biology 108 Lab Manual 2015). In this experiment‚ the habitat
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BCH3015 Organic Chemistry Name: Chun Ka Yuen (52180145) Group: C Date of experiment: 30/3/2012 Date of report: 3/4/2012 Experiment 5: Polymers Aim: This experiment is to prepare polymeric materials including polystyrene‚ Nylon6‚ 10‚ and cellulose triacetate. Introduction: A polymer consists of repeating subunits in the form of –A-A-A-A-A- or A-B-A-B-A-B-‚ where A and B are different subunits. These sub-units are typically connected
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Organismic Lab Lab1- Dichotomous Key Introduction A dichotomous key is a series of paired statements or questions that are used to categorize organisms with their similarities in characteristics and or structure. The word dichotomous comes from two Greek words that translate to “divided in two parts.” In a Dichotomous key each step has two choices: whether a particular characteristic is present or absent. The questions
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et al Abstract: The purpose of this lab was to determine how light affected photosynthesis‚ specifically the production of O2 bubbles. It was predicted that when the light was more intense the O2 bubble production will be high. Conversely‚ when the light was less intense the O2 bubble production will be lower. Basically the plant that is closer to the light will produce more bubbles than the plant that is placed farther away from the light source. In this lab the independent variable is the light
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Carbohydrate Lab Report Introduction Qualitative identification of a substance is of significant importance in chemistry. Physical constants such as melting points have traditionally been used by organic chemistry for identification of unknown compounds. As for inorganic substances‚ the precipitation of a solid‚ results of a flame test‚ or the formation of a colored substance could all be keys to identifying a sample. Chromatography and spectra are amongst the newer techniques
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Introduction: According to chemists‚ hydrolysis is defined as the breaking of a compound involving a reaction with a water molecule. The goal of this experiment is to three-dimensionally show how disaccharides are transformed into monosaccharides using an acid-catalyzed hydrolysis reaction. For the purpose of this lab‚ it is quite useful to fully understand the following terms: optical rotation and carbohydrate. Optical rotation is measured by a polarimeter‚ which measures the polarization of light
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Chemistry 12 lab 20-D Chemistry 12 Joanna Bragiel TA Solution | Colour of Uni. Indicator | pH | Type of hydrolysis | NaCH3COO | Blue- green | 9 | Anionic | NaCl | Green | 8 | Neither | (NH4)Cl | Green- yellow | 7 | Neither | (NH4)2SO4 | Green- Yellow | 7 | Neither | AlCl3 | Red-orange | 3 | Cationic | Ca(NO3)2 | Murky green | 7 | Neither | Fe2(SO4)3 | Red | 2.5 | Cationic | Na2CO3 | Dark blue | 9.5 | Anionic | Na3PO4 | Orange-red | 3 | Cationic | K2SO4 | Green | 7 | Neither
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