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    ALCOHOLS

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    ALCOHOLS‚ ETHERS‚ AND PHENOLS Juris Marie G. Garcia Institute of Chemistry‚ University of the Philippines‚ Diliman‚ Quezon City Date Performed: February 27‚ 2015 Date Submitted: March 06‚ 2015 Answers to Questions: 1.) Balanced equations: A. Lucas Test Test Sample Equation Ethyl Alcohol C2H5OH + HCl + ZnCl2  C2H5Cl + H2O Isopropyl Alcohol (CH3) 2CHOH + HCl  (CH3) 2CHCl + ZnC2 + H2O Tert-butyl Alcohol (CH3) 3COH + HCl + ZnCl2  (CH3) 3CCl + ZnCl2 +H2O Benzyl Alcohol C6H5CH2OH + HCl + ZnCl2 

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    demand elasticity

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    and sellers respond to changes in market conditions  … allows us to analyze supply and demand with greater precision.  Copyright © 2001 by Harcourt‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to: Permissions Department‚ Harcourt College Publishers‚ 6277 Sea Harbor Drive‚ Orlando‚ Florida 32887-6777. Price Elasticity of Demand elasticity of demand is the percentage change in quantity demanded given a percent change in the price. Harcourt

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    Supply and Demand

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    None of the above. Answer: C 4) Suppose the demand for Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) is given by Q=250 - .25p + 4pc‚ where Q is the quantity of DVRs demanded (in 1000s)‚ p is the price of a DVR‚ and pc is the price of cable television. How much does demand for DVRs change if the p rises by $40? A) drops by 10‚000 DVRs B) increases by 16‚000 DVRs C) drops by 2‚500 DVRs D) increases by 4‚000 DVRs Answer: A 5) Consider the demand function Qd = 150 - 2P. The effects of other determinants

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    Alcohol and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Alcohol plays a major role in society today. It is constantly being . ...... in our minds through advertisements‚ whether its commercials or billboards‚ holidays‚ or even just at the popular social scene. Alcohol is consumed for many purposes‚ such as celebrations‚ to increase romance‚ out of boredom‚ or a way to relax. Alcohol is a drug that is depended upon by the majority of our society. Nonetheless‚ alcohol has very damaging effects‚ not only

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    Alcohol

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    Alcohol Facts and statistics ( www.niaaa.nih.gov-2012 ) Global Burden of alcohol abuse‚ In 2012‚ 3.3 million deaths‚ or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4 percent for women)‚ were attributable to alcohol consumption.. Alcohol contributes to over 200 diseases and injury-related health conditions‚ most notably alcohol dependence‚ liver cirrhosis‚ cancers‚ and injuries. In 2012‚ alcohol accounted for 5.1 percent of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) worldwide. Globally‚

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    and the results of those choices. D. interest rates and exchange rates are determined 2. The scarcity principle implies that A. people will never be satisfied with what they have B. as wealth increases‚ making choices becomes less necessary C. the prices of scarce goods must rise due to excess demand D. choices must be made and tradeoffs will occur 3. The ’no-free-lunch’ principle is another name for the A. cost-benefit principle B. the scarcity principle C. the

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    cigarettes illegal

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    Cigarette smoking has been shown to cause lung cancer‚ costs a lot of money‚ and produces second-hand smoking‚ polluting the air. Cigarette smoking should be illegal‚ because it can cause lung cancer. Lung cancer is very dangerous. Many people have died from cigarettes because of lung cancer. Cigarettes have more than 7‚000 chemicals in one puff of smoke. 69 of those chemicals cause cancer. Smoking cigarettes hurt almost every organ in the body‚ and you don’t have that good of health. Millions

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    Alcohols

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    is green‚ when an alcohol is oxidized by the reagent. A change in color of the reagent from orange to green represents a positive test. Primary alcohols are oxidized by the reagent to carboxylic aicds; secondary alcohols are oxidized to ketones. Tertiary alcohols are not oxidized at all by the reagent. Hence‚ this reaction can be used to distinguish tertiary alcohols form primary and secondary alcohols. Procedures: 1. Place ethanol‚ isopropyl alcohol and tert-butyl alcohol in three different

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    Originally created as a cessation to combustible tobacco cigarettes‚ e-cigarettes are an up and rising way of portraying a healthy alternative to smoking. However‚ while being portrayed as a healthy substitute e-cigarette devices are designed to deliver the same highly addictive nicotine that is found in tobacco cigarettes. E-cigarettes primarily include a battery‚ or some type of electronic circuit that delivers vaporized nicotine through the heating of a nicotine containing solution‚ often called

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    No Cigarettes, No Smoking

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    2011 Essay #4 No Cigarettes‚ No Smoking The harm of smoking is a hot issue which has being discussed in many countries for a long time. There are 1.2 billion of smokers in this world‚ which is one-fifth of the world population. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that adult male smokers lost an average of 13.2 years of life and female smokers lost 14.5 years of life because of smoking. Even though people know that cigarette is bad for health‚ they still have freedom of smoking

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