Analysis of Alcohols‚ Aldehydes and Ketones Karl Wayne Mancao‚ Raphaell Mordeno‚ Andres Pastrana III*‚ and Shannen Peñaverde Department of Biology‚ University of Santo Tomas‚ Manila‚ Philippines Abstract The proponents have done several tests for identifying alcohols‚ aldehydes and ketones. These tests are Dichromate test‚ Tollens test‚ Lucas test‚ DNPH test and Iodoform test. Three samples got positive result in dichromate test and one in Tollens test. Lucas test got one sample that has
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Alcohol advertisements should be banned. Alcohol is the ingredient found in beer‚ wine and spirits which causes drunkenness. Abuse of alcohol‚ or consumption of more alcohol than the body can handle‚ can lead to liver damage and other debilitating conditions. Alcohol abuse can also lead to alcoholism‚ or alcohol addiction‚ in which a person becomes physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol to the point that he or she cannot function without it. Alcohol advertisements can be seen virtually
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ASSIGNMENT (20%) The objective of this assignment is to expand students’ knowledge and to develop their critical thinking abilities in the face of real-world ethical dilemma and enhance their presentation skills. Instruction: 1. Students are to form a group of EIGHT (8) members ONLY. Members MUST be from the SAME GROUP section. The group leader must register their group at the lecturer’s office. 2. Each group will be required to select an existing company/firm/organization‚ which is
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November 2010 Arguing Positions: Prohibition of Alcohol Alcohol abuse is an extremely ravaging calamity‚ and many resolutions have developed as a result of its effects. The eighteenth amendment was ratified in 1920‚ and eliminating the legal use of alcohol was adopted. Also known as the prohibition of alcohol‚ it became effective in the United States of America. Its intentions were to prevent the manufacture‚ import‚ export‚ sales‚ and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. After thirteen years
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always the diseases. You may think that there is not much affect to drinking besides the fact that you can get drunk‚ except there is. There is always liver cancer‚ or the alcohol can just affect your liver‚ not causing cancer but still damaging it. And about drugs I actually never thought there were real diseases. All I knew about them was that they surely will kill you and that even though you try just once it can affect your brain a lot. People say that they just want to try one time‚ but that one
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SOCI 38 Social Control Essay Assignment Topic chosen: Tobacco and alcohol Consumption of tobacco and alcohol has long been proven to be harmful to one’s health‚ however it should be considered one’s liberty to smoke or drink and such acts are not considered “illegal” under laws. However‚ many countries have implement social control mechanisms in regulating smoking or drinking behavior‚ which raises controversy in the sense that smoking and drinking could be seen as “norms” in social gatherings
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more volatile component‚ alcohol‚ from the less volatile component‚ water‚ from a water/alcohol solution‚ by heating the solution and condensing and collecting the alcohol rich vapours released‚ as a high alcohol strength liquid (spirit). The starting material for most distillations‚ such as wine for brandy and beer for whisky‚ are usually weak alcoholic solutions (5%-7% v/v ethanol) This seems counter intuitive‚ as it would seem that if the desired product is alcohol‚ the starting solution
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Alcohol ~65% of Americans drink ~A “drink” is 0.5oz of alcohol ~Proof: double the % of alcohol ex. 80 proof = 40% alcohol ~Psychoactive: change in the brain chemistry ~Abstainer: someone who doesn’t drink at all or less than once a yr. <Define Low risk Men- no more than 14 drinks/week – 4 drinks a day Women- (slower metabolism) 7 drinks/wk or 3 a day Mod. Risk: 2 drinks for men 1 drink for women High Risk: ~Binge Drinking (large consumption in little time) Men-5
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ALCOHOL REHABILITATION Due to the fact that alcohol is a psychoactive substance‚ it is incredibly easy to become addicted to these adult spirits. The state of this addiction is called alcoholism‚ and has an intense impact on your central nervous system. No matter how many people attempt to minimize the reality of alcoholism‚ we at (Location Name)‚ understand the traumatic and devastating consequences of short-term‚ as well as long-term alcohol abuse‚ and are here to help you in your journey to a
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Alcohol is mostly used among the youth‚ 24 % 18-year-old youth are reported being drunk in February 2016 (Squeglia & Gray‚ 2016). Excessive alcohol use will seriously affect gray and white matter regions in the brain. Gray matter includes neuronal cell bodies‚ dendrites‚ synapses‚ capillaries‚ and glial cells. When drinking alcohol‚ there has decrease in gray matter and white matter encroachment on gray matter (Squeglia‚ 2016). Theses neural changes lead to an imbalanced development of brain. According
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