Robert Lawrence and Edmund Stephens‚ two graduate students of geology from Columbia University‚ organized the Saline Salt Company in 1974. Keeping in mind the fact that every 1‚000 grams of seawater contains approximately 35 grams of various salts‚ the two men pictured limitless wealth for themselves by extracting these salts. Common table salt comprises 27 grams out of each 35 grams and is easy to extract; so‚ the men decided to begin producing it. They picked New Iberia‚ Louisiana as the ideal
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Class 4 – Flammable Solids Division 4.1 – Flammable Solids are: • Wetted explosives that are Class 1 explosives when dry‚ that are sufficiently wetted to suppress explosive properties. • Self-reactive materials that are thermally unstable and can undergo strong exothermic decomposition even in the absence of oxygen. Readily combustible solids that can cause fire through friction‚ such as matches. Powdered‚ granular or pasty materials must be classified as Division 4.1 when the time of burning of
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This section will explore the concept of the iron triangle and related terms such as pork barrel politics. This thesis will look into the debates surrounding the concept of the iron triangle in the next chapter. In this section it will be explored what the nature of the iron triangle is‚ how it came into being and what kind of effect it had on Japanese society. The iron triangle First‚ we need to establish what the concept of the iron triangle entails. Japan rebuilt its economy after the Second
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known as common salt. It is important because it is essential to the health of human beings and of animals. for domestic use it is fined down to what is known as table-salt‚ and small quantities of other chemicals are added to it to keep it free-flowing when in contact with the atmosphere. Salt and potassium are combined to produce iodised salt‚ used when iodine is lacking in diet. It’s absence cause goitre‚ the swelling of the thyroid gland. Livestock as well as humans need salt‚ and this provided
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* Cube In geometry‚ a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces‚ facets or sides‚ with three meeting at each vertex. As the volume of a cube is the third power of its sides ‚ third powers are called cubes‚ by analogy with squares and second powers. A cube has the largest volume among cuboids (rectangular boxes) with a given surface area. Also‚ a cube has the largest volume among cuboids with the same total linear size (length+width+height). * Parts:
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Case Study : Morton Salt 1. Briefly describe salt production‚ from brine production to finished round cans. Salt is obtained by introducing water into salt caverns which in turn dissolves the salt deposits within the caverns‚ allowing the salt solution (brine) to be brought to the surface for further processing. The brine is boiled in order to remove most of the liquid‚ resulting in salt crystal deposits. The salt crystal deposits are then further dried to remove all residual moisture to produce
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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‚ the pure product crystallizes
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AMERICAN INTERCONTINENTAL UNIVERSITY SUBJECT: Municipal Solid Waste Descriptions and Problems ABSTRACT: The Municipal Solid Waste is based in 4 main components that are recycling‚ composting‚ landfilling and waste-to-energy that is mainly done by burning the waste. This is known as materials of no longer being of value and is thrown out for disposal. Waste is handled and separated into different containers which are divided into solids‚ plastics and paper mainly. There are different types of
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Synthesis of Salicylic Acid Experimental Data: 1. Mass of methyl salicylate used: 0.232 g 2. Theoretical yield of salicylic acid: 0.211 g 3. Volume H2SO4 added‚ with units (drops or mL): 3mL 4. Mass of crude salicylic acid obtained: 0.250 g 5. Volume of water used as recrystallizing solvent: 2 mL 6. Mass of purified salicylic acid: 0.134 g 7. Percent yield of purified salicylic acid from reaction: 63.5% 8. Melting point of purified product: 158-160 oC 9. Name of NMR solvent used and
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The drug I chose for this are bath salts. The reason why I chose this drug is because I want to learn more about its effects and potential dangers. It also seems interesting to know that they are human-made chemicals. Bath salts are an amphetamine that are known to cause erratic behavior and psychotic episodes (Gateway). After doing some research‚ I found out that bath salts also go by the name “synthetic cathinones.” Bath salts have gained tremendous popularity in the past decade. They’re known
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