Aim: To determine the water of crystallization in washing soda crystals (Na2CO3.xH2O) Research Question: What is the percentage composition and the amount (in moles) of water in the given ionic hydrate? (Na2CO3.xH2O) Background Information: Sodium Carbonate also known as Washing Soda (Na2CO3.xH2O) is a sodium salt of carbonic acid. Sodium carbonate is domestically well known for its everyday use as a water softener. It is also used to remove grease‚ oil and wine stains. It can be extracted from
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TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN There is a debated topic in USA recently‚ especially after the terrible armed attack to a school in December 2012. The topic is whether having gun should be completely banned or not. In USA‚ acquiring a gun is so simple that anyone wanting to have a gun can get it within one or two days. Add to the easiness of acquiring a gun in legal ways‚ there are easier ways to get a gun which are called private-party sales and‚ of course‚ black market. A great number of the crimes include
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organization representing New York City bars and clubs‚ paid for a study to determine the effects‚ if any‚ of the smoking ban. The study revealed there was a loss of 2‚000 jobs in the bars and clubs due to the ban. In addition‚ there was a loss of 2‚650 jobs of those companies supplying the bars and clubs. Many businesses in the Rochester area‚ one year after the smoking ban‚ claim they are still feeling the economic loss. The hardest hit areas include neighborhood rural bars‚ veterans bars‚ and
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from natural gas and petroleum and plastic bags crowd landfills and pollute oceans and lakes (Cho). This pollution takes away from the beauty of the outdoors and the greatness of a city. Many states and nations have a ban on plastic bags‚ should Michigan do the same? Michigan should ban
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i understand that personal rights of other people should be respected‚ it seems that smokers often neglect the rights of other people. For example‚ several times I have seen people smoking in bus and other public places and they didn’t care about a ban or about the fact that their smoking bothers other people. They continued smoking unless somebody asked them to stop. I believe that smoking in public places should not be tolerated. Eradicate cigarettes
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obtainable for people on a budget‚ which is almost everyone nowadays. Also‚ the government could ban public smoking everywhere to protect people’s health and rights. Alternatively‚ teachers can constructively educate students about the dangers of tobacco smoking and parents can be good role models for their children. Even though all of the solutions are effective‚ the best solution would be to ban all and any kind of advertisements promoting tobacco smoking. Tobacco smoking only has negative effect
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A restaurant has decided to ban all teens from being able to be inside the restaurant! This isn’t as bad as you think‚ there are other places to go‚ but this popular restaurant downtown had decided to place a ban on teens during certain hours to increase attraction from working business people. A business should be able to place their own rules to ban age groups ‚ in this instance‚ teenagers‚ during certain hours at the expense of their own business‚ just like ’Munchy’s’ did. Experimenting with the
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will be discussing if the federal government should ban automatic weapons. In my opinion‚ assault weapons should not be banned. With this decision‚ I consider the implications of the second amendment‚ public safety‚ and the fact that weapons will never cease to exist. With these reasons I will explain to show that the federal government should not ban automatic weapons. One of the reasons I stand behind not allowing the federal government to ban automatic weapons because under the constitution‚ the
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Good Article Argumentative Essay. Smoking Should be Banned in Public Places Smoking in public places causes a considerable number of sicks to people and the government should be doing more to protect its citizens. Smoking has several harmful effects on the body. Cigarettes cause a lot of sicks and are responsible for deaths resulting from cancer. People who have smoked for a significant period of time will have noticeable problems breathing and will most likely be in poor health. One out of four
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Ban Smoking in Public Places Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States‚ and doing it in public is even worse because smokers not only harm themselves‚ but also those around them. I remember how my great uncle would always smoke in his house regardless of his surroundings. When his daughter visited him for a vacation‚ she brought her three year old daughter with her. The baby was healthy before coming to her grandpa’s house‚ but in less than two weeks‚ she
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