Common Aspects of Acid Prehydrolysis and Steam Explosion for Pretreating Wood Hans E. Grethlein Michigan Biotechnology Institute‚ PO Box 27609‚ Lansing‚ Michigan 48909‚ USA & Alvin O. Converse Thayer School of Engineering‚ Dartmouth College‚ Hanover‚ New Hampshire 03755‚ USA Abstract The initial rate of hydrolysis using cellulase from Trichoderma reesei for various wood samples is directly proportional to the surface area available to the enzyme. Both dilute acid hydrolysis in a continuous
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Chapter 4: Nucleic Acids and the RNA World 1. 4.1 – What is a Nucleic Acid? * Nucleic acids are made up of monomers called nucleotides * Three components of a nucleotide: 1. Phosphate group—attached to the 5’ carbon 2. Sugar – carbonyl group and several hydroxyl groups 3. Nitrogenous base * The prime (‘) symbols indicate the carbon being is part of the sugar—not attached to the nitrogenous base. * Four different nucleotides‚ each of which contains a different nitrogenous
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EXPERIMENT 2: Recrystallization and Melting Point Recrystallization (or Crystallization) is a technique used to purify solids. This procedure relies on the fact that solubility increases as temperature increases (you can dissolve more sugar in hot water than in cold water). As a hot‚ saturated solution cools‚ it becomes supersaturated and the solute precipitates (crystallizes) out. In a recrystallization procedure‚ an impure (crude) solid is dissolved in a hot solvent. As this solution is cooled
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Acid Rain Acid rain occurs when Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) is released into the atmosphere by electricity generation‚ motor vehicles‚ factories and by wildfires and volcanoes. Once released‚ the sulphur dioxide reacts with water to produce sulphuric acid. This has a pH of approximately 2-3 pH. This has a dramatic effect on water dwelling wildlife. Most water dwelling creatures can’t withstand water more acidic than pH 5. This causes the mass loss of life of animals such as trout‚ perch‚ frogs and mayflies
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Assignment 1 – Investigative Report 12/11/12 FYO-00034: Communication skills for scientists Selective report: CHE-00027 – General and Organic Chemistry Experiment 1 Determination of Empirical Formula: Preparation of a Copper Sulphide. Aim The aim of the experiment was to determine the empirical formula of sulphide of copper and to make sure that an amount of copper metal reacted with elemental sulphur‚ Eq. 1. To be able to calculate the empirical formula of copper sulphide
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CHAPTER 1 Introduction Background of the Study Like many other hygiene convenience‚ shoe polish or can also be called boot polish is usually a wax ‚ cream or paste used by people to shine‚ water proof and restore the appearance of leather shoes. This extends the footwear’s life. This is made up of many kinds of chemicals and because of this; it can cause irritations‚ allergies to us. In our generation‚ shoe polish is used every day and companies produce a lot of it to meet the demands of
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one of two very similar pentose rings. Ribonucleic acids contain the sugar ribose. Deoxyribonucleic acids contain the sugar deoxyribose. The only difference between these two sugars is that deoxyribose contains one oxygen atom less than ribose. Pentose sugars are essential because they are involved in linking different nucleotides together by condensation reactions. The Nitrogen-Containing Bases There are two types of bases found in nucleic acids. The purine bases have two nitrogen containing rings
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Flowers and Acid Call them freaks‚ the underground‚ the counterculture‚ flower children‚ or just simply hippies‚ they are all loose labels for the youth culture of the 60’s that transformed life in the West as we knew it‚ introducing the spirit of freedom‚ of hope‚ of happiness‚ of change‚ and of revolution (Miles 9). The years that made up the 1960’s were some of the most exciting and turbulent years in American history. The post World War II baby boomers grew up. A president and
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Title: Preparation of Solutions and Buffers Objectives: 1. To learn and understand the theory‚ principle and formula behind buffers and solutions preparation. 2. To learn the methods for buffers and solutions preparation. Introduction: (Wikipedia‚ 2013) Solute is a substance dissolved in another substance. Solvent is a substance in which the solute is dissolved by it. Solution is a mixture of two or more substances. The amount of solute dissolved in a solvent is called concentration
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PREPARATION OF ALUMINA POWDERS 1. BAYERS PROCESS INTRODUCTION The Bayer Process was invented and patented in 1887 by Austrian scientist Karl Josef Bayer. Two to three tonnes of bauxite are required to produce one tonne of alumina. 90% of the global alumina supply of around 90 million tonnes is used in aluminium production. DEFINITION The Bayer process is the principal industrial means of refining bauxite to produce alumina (aluminium oxide). The aluminium oxide must be purified before it
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