degrees in science and engineering has increased slightly in recent years‚ and in 2003‚ women accounted for 30 percent of the doctorate degrees in science and nearly 9 percent of those awarded in engineering‚ according to a National Science Foundation report. However‚ relatively few women continue on to high-level faculty positions. In 1972‚ women made up just 3 percent of full professors in science and engineering fields‚ a figure that inched up to 10 percent by 1998‚ according to the NSF. A recent
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Acetylsalicylic acid is the active pharmaceutical ingredient in aspirin and can be synthesized by the esterification reaction of salicylic acid and acetic anhydride in the presence of an acid catalyst. An esterification reaction is when an acid is converted into an ester by combining with an alcohol and removing a water molecule. When heating the salicylic acid mixture in the warm water bath‚ the mixture should be removed from the bath within 8 minutes‚ to reduce the chance of the acetylsalicylic
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All the reagents and solvents used for synthesizing the title compound were of Analar grade (Merck) and were used as such without further purification. The 2-naphthol derived Mannich base 1-((4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)(phenyl)methyl)naphthalen-2-ol (MPN) was synthesized according to the general procedure described in the literatures [13‚ 14]. The 2-naphthol (4.33 g‚ 0.03 mol) was dissolved in 30ml of ethanol and it was mixed with N-methylpiperizine (3.0 mL‚ 0.03 mol) by continuous stirrer at room
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Introduction The purpose of this experiment is to synthesize methyl nitrobenzoate from methyl benzoate‚ concentrated HNO3‚ and concentrated H2SO4 via an electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction. Reaction Procedures/ Observations Use a 50 ml beaker to cool about 6 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid in an ice water bath. Weigh the vial containing about 3 grams of methyl benzoate and add it to the cooled sulfuric acid. Next pour about 2 ml of sulfuric acid to the nitric acid in the vial
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Recycling Aluminum Chemically Question: How does theoretical yield of Aluminum compare with the percent yield? Data: Mass of aluminum foil 1.033g Mass of filter paper 0.472g Mass of Al crystals‚ filter paper‚ weight boat 20.823g Mass of weigh boat 2.064g Mass of Al crystals 18.287g Claim: Based on my calculations‚ the theoretical yield of Aluminum was 18.160g‚ and the actual yield was 18.287g. This gives a percent yield of 100.699%. Evidence/ Reasoning: By looking at the overall
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Objective: The objective of this lab is to determine and analyze the many chemical qualities of copper ‚ by using many solutions that enable copper to undergo chemical changes that will take copper from a metal back to its original state. This is done using cooper‚ Concentrated HNO3‚ 6 M NaOH ‚ Bunsen burner‚ 6 M H2SO4‚ Mg ribbon‚ and two test tubes. The techniques used in this lab which is cleaning glassware‚ disposing of chemicals ‚ measuring mass ‚ centrifugation ‚ venting gases‚ and test tube
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The data we collected and the calculations we performed demonstrated that the color of a given food dye depended on which light was transmitted in the visible spectrum and which light was absorbed. A quantitative measurement of the absorbance spectrum of each food dye was obtained through spectrophotometry.1 Through this method‚ we determined that the wavelength of maximum absorbance of a given food dye was directly correlated to the color of that food dye. Further‚ darker food dyes absorbed more
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2. Procedure 2.1: Experimental Prep and Optimum wavelength Selection An ionic Iron solution with a known concentration of 4.047x10-3 M was obtained. A 250-mL sample of a 10-fold dilution of this ionic iron solution and 5 drops of concentrated HNO3 was made. This solution served as the source of ionic Iron for the remainder of the lab and was labeled “stock ionic Iron solution.” Next‚ a 50-mL aqueous ionic Iron and FerroZine® complex solution was prepared by adding 5.00mL stock ionic Iron‚ 3-mL of
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The experiment consists of 5 steps—Inoculation‚ fermentation‚ cell lysis‚ inclusion body solubilization‚ and peptide purification. In the first two steps‚ E coli with Snake 6 peptides is cultivated. Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy (UV-vis) is used to quantify bacteria through detection of their optical density (O.D.). After reaching a certain concentration in the fermentation batch‚ inclusion bodies (IBs) are extracted from these E coli by adding Bugbuster lysis solution and lysozyme. Polyacrylamide
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Results These are the images taken of the gel after electrophoresis. Gel 1 Gel 2 Lane 7. This is Maddie’s (MCB) sample. Gel 2 Lane 6. This is Madi’s (MN) sample. From our sample of the gel electrophoresis‚ both Madi and me are homozygous positive (+/+) for the Alu gene. This can be determined by looking at the ladder and comparing our sample to it‚ to find out if we are homozygous or heterozygous. Discussion For this lab‚ DNA from our cheek cells were separated through
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