Acid Property #1: The word acid comes from the Latin word acere‚ which means "sour." All acids taste sour. Well known from ancient times were vinegar‚ sour milk and lemon juice. Aspirin (scientific name: acetylsalicylic acid) tastes sour if you don’t swallow it fast enough. Other languages derive their word for acid from the meaning of sour. So‚ in France‚ we have acide. In Germany‚ we have säure from saure and in Russia‚ kislota from kisly. Base Property #1: The word "base" has a more complex
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Salt of the Earth Flannery O ’Connor ’s novels and stories are inhabited with unique and flawed characters who are the result of O’Connor ’s satiric worldly perspective. While they are sometimes humorous‚ these misfits are usually unpleasant. Critics have termed them "grotesque‚" but O ’Connor has rejected this term because it suggests that the characters are too weird to belong in the real world. Instead‚ O ’Connor insists that the South is inhabited by many such people. For every good or evil
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He races to the top of the dune and looks down onto the strand. There is water and wet sand and dry sand and small pokes of sharp grass dotted along the beach. He stands on the lip of the concrete defence; looks east‚ to the line of groynes‚ then west‚ to the lighthouse in the distance. There’s no one he can see‚ no one he can call to for help. Below him‚ the drop onto the beach is fifteen‚ maybe twenty‚ feet. He jumps because he has to‚ jumps out into the air‚ and sees as he falls one
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The Iron-Carbon Diagram There are two iron-carbon equilibrium diagrams: - stable iron-graphite Fe-Gr - metastable iron-cementite Fe-Fe3C The stable condition usually takes a very long time to develop. The metastable diagram is of more interest. Fe3C iron carbide called cementite because it is hard. Following phases exist on Fe-Fe3C diagram: - liquid solution of iron and carbon (L) - ferrite ( ) – an interstitial solid solution of carbon in Fe (bcc). At room temperature ferrite is ductile but
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SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Housing is widely acknowledged as a human right. At the same time‚ it is a major driving force of the economy and often an individual’s biggest asset. The situation within the housing sector is of high significance for a society’s social and economic development and there is a need to openly recognize
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Experiment 2 – Identification of Inorganic Solids Jesse Galina CHM 101 Lab Monday October 1‚ 2012 Unknown Solid – 2 Identifying my cation was rather easy because of the color of the powder when it was first given to me. It was pinkish/slight red when solid and when it was grounded up even further. This observation ruled out every cation except for some hydrated Co (II) salts. After being dissolved in water‚ the solution turned pink which agrees with the statement that the cation was Co
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Separation or Assimilation? Our country‚ The United States of America‚ was essentially founded on the principles of life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness through solidarity of human kind. In Bernard R. Boxill’s article‚ "Separation or Assimilation‚" he fundamentally poses the Hamletesque question: to assimilate or not to assimilate. Subsequent to the dilemma of some black cultural nationalists‚ whom not only argue for assimilation of the black American populace‚ but also believe that this
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Electricity can be produced by burning "municipal solid waste" (MSW) as a fuel. MSW power plants‚ also called waste to energy (WTE) plants‚ are designed to dispose of MSW and to produce electricity as a byproduct of the incinerator operation. The term MSW describes the stream of solid waste ("trash" or "garbage") generated by households and apartments‚ commercial establishments‚ industries and institutions. MSW consists of everyday items such as product packaging‚ grass clippings‚ furniture‚ clothing
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Solids: Recrystallization and Melting Points Reference: Chapter 3. Solids: Recrystallization and Melting Points. Read pages 93-94 and 113-117. Experimental procedure‚ pages 118-119. Parts 1-3. Part 1: Melting points of Urea and Cinnamic Acid. Part 2: Melting point of unknown. Part 3: Melting point of Mixture- Urea and Cinnamic Acid (take melting points of mixtures in 1:4‚ 1:1 and 4:1 ratios). Reactions Main Reaction: Not a chemical reaction but a physical reaction. Urea in solid mixed with
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Let’s Make Salt Purpose: Could NaCl be made using NaHCO3‚ hydrochloric acid‚ and a boiling chip? Hypothesis: If I combined NaHCO3‚ hydrochloric acid‚ and a boiling chip I think it will form NaCl because when you balance the equation it makes a new chemical reaction. Materials needed: test tube cleaner‚ test tube‚ test tube tongs‚ hot plate‚ a scale‚ graduated cylinder‚ water‚ goggles‚ fire retardant glove‚ beaker‚ test tube holder‚ a scoopula‚ hydrochloric acid‚ sodium bicarbonate‚ soap‚ pipette
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