via the esterification of p-aminobenzoic acid with ethanol. The percent yield of crude product was determined to be 21% and the melting point was recorded at 86.2°C ± 0.2°C‚ with a 6.3% error from 92°C‚ the literature melting point of pure benzocaine. The crude product was then recrystallized to improve the purity of benzocaine and 57.4% was recovered. The new melting point range was measured at 89.1°C ± 0.3°C‚ which has a 3.15% error. The infrared spectrum of the recrystallized product was measured
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“Yes mom‚ I know where to go”‚ Simon sputtered as he hung up and drove himself along with his little sister‚ Lydia‚ to East Glacier Falls summer camp. Their mom had seen an advertisement in the paper a few months back about after school recreational activities boosted cognitive power and improved test scores‚ but he thought that was made up by summer camps to get concerned parents to spend excessive amounts of money. As he pulled up and started to unload the luggage from the trunk he noticed a girl
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One of the first things that young students are taught in American history is the idea of a ‘Great American Melting Pot’. This idea has been formulated over many years and deals with the immense amount of immigration to America and how society allows these groups to live among them in peace. Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man confirms this idea of diverse groups working together‚ often times when it seems impossible they could‚ and creating a successful society and government. This classification
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look the same or even sound the same‚ each American is different in their own way. There is not a description of a perfect “American Citizen”. America is a big “melting pot”. “The ideal of the melting pot symbolized the process of blending many strains into a single nationality and we have come to realize in modern times that the melting pot need not mean the end of particular identities or traditions.” (Kennedy‚ 27).
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English 15 Section 008 Argument paper American Schools vs. Melting Pot In the American schools today one may walk down a hallway and be able to see numerous students from many diverse backgrounds. It some schools these ethnicities might have formed into clicks according to their country or religion‚ while in other schools the children may freely interact and befriend each other no matter what race or creed. While some schools freely allow children to outwardly display their nationality in
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in an organization. The Author has nicely brought out his eight step process of successful change through a very effective and simple story of emperor Penguins‚ living in the Antarctic on an iceberg. A brief summary of the book: Our Iceberg is Melting is a simple fable about doing well in an ever-changing world. The fable is about a penguin colony in Antarctica. Kotter uses the
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“The Melting Pot‚” New York City is known for its cultural diversity. With its iconic landmarks and architectural design‚ it showcases different aspects from the world. Across the pond lies its counterpart‚ London‚ the central hub of the United Kingdom. After being colonized by the Dutch‚ New York was controlled by the British until the United States gained independence. It was here that two cities‚ New York City and London‚ followed the same architectural movements; however‚ after gaining independence
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United States was founded in the 18th century‚ Americans have defined themselves not by their race‚ religion or ethnic identity‚ but by their common beliefs and values in individual freedom. Is American a Melting Pot or a Salad Bowl? In lots of ways The United States of America is considered a “Melting Pot” because the United States of America’s people don’t care or acknowledge that your race is different from other peoples. Obviously you see someone’s color or race but you’re not gonna judge them or
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snow you can see a green valley and all the major cities are covered by water. This imaginary picture is not too far from the truth. This essay will discuss the effects of global warming as a life threatening condition causing extreme heat waves‚ glacier retreat and sea level rises. The first effect of global warming is the dramatic increase of temperature all over the globe. The actual readings show a global warming of around 0.6 degrees Celsius over the entire 20th century. Furthermore‚ any micro
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creation of a brand-new national identity. The point of America was not to preserve old cultures but to forge a new‚ American culture. This was the ideal that a century later Israel Zangwill crystallized in the title of his popular 1908 play The Melting Pot. The new American identity was inescapably English in language‚ ideas and institutions. The pot did not melt everybody‚ not even all the white immigrants; deeply bred racism put black Americans‚ yellow Americans‚ red Americans and brown Americans
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