Experiment #1: Synthesis of Salicylic Acid From Wintergreen Oil By: Asad Razzaq TA: Date: 18/01/2015 222/Lab Section 8 Introduction Salicylic acid‚ used in production of substances used worldwide such as commonly used analgesic drug aspirin(cite)‚ can be obtained from natural resources such as wintergreen oil or can be synthesized. Through a series of chemical reactions with cheap raw materials beginning with beginning with methyl salicylate and‚ it is a cheaper and more
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Bill McKibben’s “The End of Nature”‚ as the title suggests‚ is a book on nature and how it has changed over time. McKibben has written four books which are all nature readings. This particular book has an introduction and five chapters. The first two chapters titled “Part I - The Present” discuss the present state of nature while the last three chapters titled “Part II - The Near Future” are the predictions of how nature will change in the future. McKibben suggests that man has brought about destruction
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The 2010 BP oil spill that took place on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect claimed 11 lives‚ and is considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the petroleum industry’s history. The spill flowed continuously for 87 days until it was declared to have been contained on 15th July 2010 and finally sealed on 19th September of the same year (BP‚ 2013). However‚ unconfirmed reports indicate that some of the well sites continue to leak (Pulham‚ Hilaire & Fenn‚ 2010). The spill took a physical and psychological
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08037644301‚ 0818929620 oseyenim@gmail.com OBJECTIVE: To strive for excellence and precision to meet the 21st century Challenges in the oil/gas‚ construction and Energy Company. PERSONAL DATA: Date of birth: 15 th December‚ 1980 State of origin: Delta Sex: male Marital Status:
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The movie‚ "Lorenzo’s Oil"‚ was about a family that found out that their son had been diagnosed with a rare‚ genetic disorder of which was considered incurable. The sex-linked disorder ALD‚ passed on by the x-chromosome‚ of which is usually accompanied by the unfortunate fate of death‚ has also been known to bring forth muteness‚ blindness‚ comas‚ seizures‚ and deafness. With no known cure for ALD‚ or any possible way of escaping its final result (death)‚ doctors would use a special treatment to
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Oil and Wasser Merger Case Study Assignment The story began from two enterprises. The company Royal –biscuit‚ would like to merge Edeling‚ a company from Germany. Brighton‚ CEO of Royal-biscuit‚ had coordinated with Wallach for many times. When they decide to merge together‚ they should have known that both of their cultures are quite incompatible which might result in severe conflict. In this case‚ we can see that most of the difficulties are about cross-culture difference. The culture of Royal-Biscuit
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End-to-End Requirement Traceability through Contribution Structures and Requirements Traceability Matrices Aamrah Naqvi aamra_naqvi@yahoo.com College of Computer Science PAF - Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology‚ Pakistan Syed Irfan Hyder hyder@pafkiet.edu.pk College of Compter Science PAF - Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology‚ Pakistan. Abstract Requirements traceability is the ability to follow the life of a requirement‚ in both forward and backward direction
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Case Analysis: Gulf Italia Nicolo Pignatelli and Gulf Italia: Case Analysis 1. Pignatelli should first and foremost properly assess the ethical dilemma he faces. The problem before him comes down to the decision between two outcomes both with their share of benefits and risks. He can follow guidelines by waiting several months to receive a response from the Italian government while losing millions of dollars and risking his reputation and fate of his company if the government decides to not allow
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A vegetable oil is a triglyceride extracted from a plant. Such oils have been part of human culture for millennia.[1] The term "vegetable oil" can be narrowly defined as referring only to substances that are liquid at room temperature‚[2] or broadly defined without regard to a substance’s state of matter at a given temperature.[3] For this reason‚ vegetable oils that are solid at room temperature are sometimes called vegetable fats. Vegetable oils are composed of triglycerides‚ as contrasted with waxes which
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Anise oil was successfully able to be extracted from anise seeds during this experiment. It was done by first crushing the seeds‚ then placing them into a distillation apparatus. The distillation apparatus evaporated the liquid from the seeds‚ which was captured in a flask. Next‚ DCM was added to the distillate‚ which allowed the water to be separated from the anise oil. Finally‚ the DCM evaporated and the pure anise oil was collected. The process of steam distillation allowed the anise oil in the
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