Importance of Calcium Ions Alyssa Foels 12 February 2015 Kilfe Calcium is a cation‚ a positively charged atom‚ and it is essential to all living things. It was first discovered in 1808 by Humphrey Davy. When forming an ionic bond with other elements‚ calcium loses electrons to make its valence shell stable. This means that it has more protons than electrons‚ making it have a slight positive charge (Calcium). Calcium has many roles and functions in the human body. Calcium ions are the most abundant
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Lab Report Name: Amanda Andrews Section: Lab 6 CHM 130 Experiment: Identification of Metallic Ions Metallic ion Flame color Sodium Na+ Orange Strontium Sr2+ Pink/Red Potassium K+ Light blue/Purple Barium Ba2+ Yellow Copper Cu2+ Green Lithium Li+ Pink Calcium Ca2+ Pink/Orange Unknown Pink/Red - Strontium QUESTIONS: A - All chemical used in this test are binary compounds. What portion of the periodic table is responsible for the color
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entire organism. Bones are constantly breaking down and rebuilding‚ and calcium is directly involved in this process. Calcium ions (Ca2+) are essential mediators of a wide variety of cellular activities‚ including the passing of information along neurons and between adjacent neurons. Hormonal regulation is also mediated by the proper functions of calcium and calcium ions in the body. Considering all of the roles that it plays‚ calcium is of the upmost physiological importance and is the most abundant
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Reactivity of Halide Ions PURPOSE The purpose of this experiment is to observe the reactions of halide ions with different reagents by mixing them together. Materials 0.1 M AgNO3 0.1 M NaCl 0.1 M NaF 0.2 M KBr 0.2 M Na2S2O3 3% Starch Solution 4.0 M NH3 (aq) 5% NaClO (commercial bleach) 24 – well microplate thin – stemmed pipettes‚ 12 Safety DATA |PARTS |INITIAL MASS |FINAL MASS |CHANGE IN MASS | |
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Identification of Metallic Ions Peter Jeschofnig‚ Ph.D. Version 42-0160-00-01 Lab RepoRt assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor. obseRvations
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Lab Experiment # 11 The common ion effect in dissolution and precipitation Equilibria Introduction: Dissolution and precipitation reactions are very important chemical reactions because it is applied to many aspects of the industries in medicine‚ food‚ water etc. The objectives of this laboratory experiment is to become familiar with dissolution and precipitation equilibria‚ develop a lab technique suitable for the determination of the solubility for a sparingly soluble salt‚ Ba(NO3)2 (s) at room
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Hydrogen peroxide and iodide ions Aim: To determine the rate equation for the reaction between Hydrogen peroxide and iodide ions‚ and to investigate the effects of a catalyst and temperatures on the reaction and to derive the activation enthalpy. Background knowledge: 1Hydrogen peroxide reacts with iodide ions producing iodine‚ when in an aqueous acid solution. H2O2 (aq) + 2I- (aq) + 2H3O+(aq) I2 (aq) + 2H2O(l) To detect iodine you can look at the color shown by the addition of starch
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The Nervous System: Ion Channels 1. What structures in the cell membrane function as ion channels? Intergral Proteins 2. Ion channels are selective for specific ions. What three characteristics of the ions are important for this selectivity? a. Charge on ion (+ or -) b.Size c. The amount of water the Ion attracts 3. Channels can be classified as either gated or nongated channels. A sodium channel that is always open would be classified as a/an non-gated channel. 4. Would
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3/4/14 Determining The Formula of a Complex Ion Luqman Khan Contents: Aim………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……2 Results……………………………………………………………………………………….………………………2-6 - Raw Data………………………….………….……………………………………………………..…..2 - Qualitative Analysis………………………………………………………………………………….2 - Data Processing……………………………..……………………………………………………..3-5 - Graphical Results……………………………..…………………………………………….…….5-6 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………6-7 Evaluation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Understanding ion permeability is vital to knowing how it establishes a membrane potential‚ and how it eventually leads to the contraction of muscle cells. This was done using crayfish tail muscles. Lateral and medial tail muscles from the tail of a crayfish were excised. These muscles were then placed into solutions with different types of ion concentrations. Usage of different ion concentrations was necessary in practicing how to measure resting membrane potentials accurately. Measurements with
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