Chemistry Essays

Nitration of Methyl Benzoate Experiment
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Introduction: Introduction Background  The purpose of this reaction it’s to perform a nitration reaction on methyl benzoate to create a product of 3-nitro methyl benzoate. Within a...

Green Chemistry – Importance and Applications
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Introduction: “Green Chemistry – Importance and Applications” Green Chemistry also is known as sustainable chemistry looks at chemical products and processes that try to eliminate pollution from...

Strain Guage Experiment and Procedure
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Introduction: Abstract  The main objective of this lab is to familiarize students with strain gauges and the proper procedures to take when applying them to the material and recording the data. T...

Role of Intermolecular Forces on Compound Boiling Points
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Introduction: The Boiling Point of a compound is defined as the temperature at which a substance passes through the phase change from liquid to gas at a particular atmospheric pressure. There are several facto...

Experiment to Identify Macromolecules
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Introduction: Identification of Some Macromolecules Introduction    The goal of this experiment is to react certain solutions using different tests, which consist of the Io...

Recrystallization and Melting Points of Benzoic Acid
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Introduction: Experiment 1: Recrystallization and Melting Points of Benzoic Acid Purpose: The purpose of this experiment was to use different methods of recrystallization in order to purify the sample...

Determining the Concentration of Glucose in Coke and Gatorade
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Introduction: Abstract The aim of this experiment was to investigate the concentration of glucose in Coke and Gatorade samples via spectrophotometry at 340um wavelength. Soft drinks and electrolyte dr...

Experiment to Identify Macromolecules
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Introduction: Identification of Some Macromolecules Introduction  The purpose of the experiment was to select and analyze the presence of macromolecules based on the reactive properties ...

Determination of Partition of Coefficient of Benzoic Acid
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Introduction: Introduction: How a solute is distributed between two immiscible solvents is described by the partition coefficient. This provides a precise way to measure the accuracy of atomistic forc...

Use of Flourescent Plate Reader: Sampling of Heterogenous Solids
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Introduction: Abstract A Gemini XPS microplate reader was used to determine if current mixing practices were able to produce uniform tablets capable of delivering a consistent quantity of the active i...

Standardization of a Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Solution with Unknown Concentration
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Introduction: Standardization of a Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Solution with Unknown Concentration by Titration of Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate (KHP) Results Mass KHP (± 0.0...

A Literature Review on Strontium Surface Segregation and Chromium Poisoning
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Introduction: A Literature Review on Strontium Surface Segregation and Chromium Poisoning on LSCF Cathode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells I.           ...

The Chemical Make-up of Humans
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Introduction: Have you ever been curious about life and what are we made of and how we function the way we do? Well, then chapter two will be a great chapter for you because in this chapter we will be learning...

Polymer Use: Advantages, Disadvantages and Their Respective Impacts on Society
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Introduction: Polymer use advantages and disadvantages and their respective impacts on society (Science and Society) Polymers scientifically explained: What are polymers? Th...

Use of Low-coordinate Metal Aryls in Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis
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Introduction: Discuss the use of low-coordinate metal aryls in small molecule activation and catalysis. Introduction Over the last couple of years, the discussion and research into the use o...

Factors Affecting the Rate of Reaction
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Introduction: Background Information   To be more exact, rate of reaction refers to the rate at which reactants are used up or the rate at which products form in a chemical reaction. ...

Supramolecular Self-assembly of New Dendritic Molecules
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Introduction: 1.    Introduction Liquid crystal(LC) is considered as the midway between an isotropic liquid and a crystalline solid, they possess characteristics of liquid such as high ...

Effect of Increasing the Concentration of KNO3 and NaCl on the Temperature of Crystallisation
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Introduction: Research question Does increasing the concentration of KNO3 and NaCl in intervals of 1g effect the temperature at which they crystallise and hence their solubility?   ...

Effect of Ascorbic Acid against Enzymatic Oxidation of Apples
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Introduction: Introduction: Enzymatic oxidation occurs when Polyphenol Oxidase comes into contact with oxygen in the air. The polyphenol oxidase, or PPO, is the catalyst in the reaction that produces the dark ...

Liquid Chromatography with UV Detector Instrument Profile
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Introduction: CHEM5008: Understanding Analytical Instrumentation Liquid Chromatography with UV detector_ Instrument Profile Introduction Liquid chromatography is without a doubt one ...

Volumetric Glassware, Statistics, and Spreadsheet Exercise
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Introduction: Volumetric Glassware, Statistics, and Spreadsheet Exercise Introduction   When one collects a set of data during an experimental procedure, statistical analysis is...

Simple and Fractional Distillation of a Binary Mixture
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Introduction: Introduction/Background Distillation is a process that is present in many common liquids such as perfumes, or even alcoholic beverages. It is through distillation that it is possible to ...

A Report Exploring Collision Theory through an Iodine Clock Reaction
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Introduction: A Report Exploring Collision Theory through an Iodine Clock Reaction Introduction: An Iodine clock reaction is a chemical reaction discovered by Hans Heinrich Landlot in 1886 a...

Experiment on the Effectiveness of Coffee on Removal of Water
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Introduction: Effectiveness of coffee on removal of water   Introduction A few years ago, the problems with dirty water arise, the demand for heavy metals has been rocketed, the...

Dangers of Exposure to Everday Chlorine
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Introduction:  Have you ever been cleaning your bathroom and made a run for the window because the fumes were just too overwhelming? Have you ever tasted tap water with a funny after taste? How about red ...