Chemistry 11 Santa Monica College Determination of Molecular Mass via the Dumas Method Objectives: • To determine the molecular mass of an unknown volatile liquid using the Dumas method and the ideal gas law. Background: In the early 19th century‚ Jean-Baptiste Dumas‚ a distinguished French chemist‚ created a relatively simple method for determining the molecular mass of a volatile substance. In this experiment we will use a modified version of his technique to determine the molecular
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| "Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny?" | | By: David Zakheim 12/21/2011 | David Zakheim Funny Stories and Plays: What Makes Them Funny? “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it” (White). One shouldn’t question comedy and what is funny to people. As soon as that happens all of the funniness disappears. There is no easy answer to why people laugh at things‚ and why things
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I believe that we talk more about the weather in March than in any other month. We take for granted April with showers‚ Summer with its heat and drought‚ Winter with its frost and snow‚ but with March it is different. March is the beginning of Spring. We know‚ of course‚ that the meteorologist says Spring begins the 21st‚ but we prefer to disregard that fact and believe that we already sense Spring riding upon the wings of the March wind. We have a premonition of little creatures stirring in the
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In 1972 the Iranian family‚ the Dumas‚ had moved to America for a brief time. In this time young Firoozeh lived in Whittier‚ California and was attending a public school there. After her short stay there she could only remember the positives from her stay‚ but she could also remember how her ancestors were treated when they first immigrated to America. When the first wave of Islamics had moved to America‚ they were not treated the best. My perception of the Dumas tells me that they might have expected
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Since early childhood‚ Jose Rizal already loved books. His mother‚ Doña Teodora Alonzo taught him how to read a material in Spanish language and developed his mind and artistic talents by telling him wonderful and colourful stories and poems. Furthermore‚ his Tio Gregorio‚ a book lover‚ intensified his reading of good books. The favourite pastime of Rizal during his stay in Madrid was reading. Instead of gambling and flirting with women as many young Filipinos did in the Spanish metropolis
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Good health is not just "the absence of disease". It is the absence of disease or discomfort. "Good Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well being‚ and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." WHO (World Health Organization). I think I am healthy as long as we progress or decay at the same rate as others around me. Normally unhealthy condition does not develop overnight. Pathological development is always accompanied by warnings. Our body is a wonderful machine
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Write a paper answering the questions below using examples from the Dumas book and the course (but you MUST use the Dumas book as a resource). What does Dumas’ decision to take an American name suggest about her feelings toward her adopted country? How does her dual identity enable her to see how Americans "really" feel about Iran? Dumas’ husband‚ François‚ experiences life as an American immigrant much differently than does Dumas. What do you think accounts for Americans’ biases in their attitudes
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Alexandre Dumas‚ père‚ born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870)[1] was a French writer‚ best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels‚ including The Count of Monte Cristo‚ The Three Musketeers‚ Twenty Years After‚ and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. Life [edit] Early life Alexandre Dumas was born in Villers-Cotterêts in the department of
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Journal On Movie Funny People Trevor Edwards Funny multitude Funny People‚ directed by Judd Apatow‚ was‚ to me‚ not as extraordinary as I expected ground on the title of the movie. There were definitely some funny parts‚ only when overall‚ I thought the movie was more on the earnest/drama side of writing styles rather than drollery. I think by chance Judd Apatow named the movie Funny People‚ and then make it more as a serious movie‚ on purpose. I believe this could be showing the difference
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forced giving the situation a less tense context‚ making the phrase less damaging. In an autobiographical article “The F Word” by Firoozeh Dumas‚ the author recalls a time when one of her friends was mocked because of his strongly cultural name. “Her brother Arash initially couldn’t understand why every time he’d say his name‚ people would laugh and ask him if it itched” (Dumas). The teasing tone of this insult make it less hurtful allowing for the oppressed to not even catch on to the degrading implication
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