Acid-base chemistry

A group of biologists have developed a general model to explain growth and development in ectothermic organisms. Changes in environmental temperatures effect the rates of most biological reactions and biological processes in ectotherms. The rates of ontogenetic growth and development are no exceptions. Ectothermic animals develop faster at warmer temperatures and they usually mature at smaller body sizes. This phenomenon has been called the temperature size rule (Zuo et Al. 2011). The…

Chapter 11, “The Chemical Elements”, was of great interest to me. “Chemistry is the study is the study of the composition and structure of matter (anything that has mass) and the chemical reactions by which substances are changed into other substances (James T. Shipman 285).” In this summary paper, I will discuss some of the highlights of the chapter. The way I see it, God is the original/first chemist. He took His own creations (the elements in our Periodic Table) to make provisions for…

Enzymes are a biological catalyst. When a chemical reaction is taking place the enzyme works to lower the activation energy of a reaction. The activation energy is, the amount of energy that is required in order for a reaction to take place. Enzymes bind to reactant molecules. The enzymes hold these molecules in a way that makes the processes of the chemical bond-breaking and bond-forming take place more readily. A reaction can be either energy-releasing or energy-absorbing. Enzymes have no…

left to stand for 2 hours at room temperature. The absorbance of the supernatant solution was determined at 725 nm using 90% aqueous methanol as a solvent blank. A gallic acid standard curve was prepared and the equation derived by linear regression (y =36.84 x+0.1069) was used to determine the TPC of each extract in mg of gallic acid equivalents/g of extract (mg GAE/g). The experiment was performed in triplicate and TPC was reported as the average value of 3 trials ± the standard…

Ivan pavlov was born in Rtazan,Russia in 1849. His father was a priest and wanted Ivan to become a priest as well( Famous scientists.org,2016) . His father's name was Peter Dmitrievich Pavlov, and his mother's name was Varvara Ivanovna Uspenskaya(Ivan Pavlov,2016). Ivan was one of eleven children, Ivan was the eldest sibling in the group(Ivan Pavlov,2016). As a young boy he spent a lot of time in the garden, which got him interested in science(). He attended Ryazan Ecclesiastical high school;…

By using the pseudo first-order kinetics method, you are able to determine the rate law for the reaction between crystal violet and hydroxide ion. crystal violet hydroxide CV+ + OH- ————> CVOH Rate=k[CV+]m [OH-]n The objective for this experiment was to analyze the absorbance of the dyed molecule crystal violet using a colorimeter and the molar absorbance of the reactant. This data was used to calculate the concentration of…

In this experiment, we set out to determine the osmolarity of a potato. In order to do this, we placed potato pieces in seven different solutions of varying sucrose molarity. First, we weighed each potato piece to obtain the initial weight, shown in Figure 1. Then, we split the pieces vertically before placing them in the cubs containing the sucrose solutions. In each cup was a solution of sucrose with a molarity ranging from 0.0M to 0.6M. After placing the potatoes in the cups, we allowed them…

What I have found about this experiment is some really interesting ideas and other ways to the experiment. Some other people use Sodium or other words, for Sodium on the periodic table this chemical is called “Na” other people use that to make the Elephant Toothpaste. The call it Elephant Toothpaste because it’s supposed to look like toothpaste and since it's so big and it looks like toothpaste so the first thing people thought of was Elephant Toothpaste. Is that it was so deadly and that it…

Chemistry is a world many of us forget exist in our daily lives. We go about our routines, forgetting that chemistry plays a key role in our lives. As a skier, I noticed the unseen world of chemistry when I am preparing for ski races, waxing my skis. Preparing my skis for a race weekend requires applying multiple layers of wax to my skis. The wax we use is commonly a fluorocarbon mixture. In order for the wax to be saturated into the ski, the block must be melted with an iron. Once the…

energy. The enzyme tyrosinase is located in melanocytes. These are cells that produce the pigment melanin. Melanin gives skin, eyes, and hair their color. Tyrosinase is a key factor in the first step of melanin production. It transforms the amino acid tyrosine to the compound dopaquinone. Then dopaquinone is converted to melanin in the hair follicles, skin and the retina. Tyrosinase is also responsible for the brown color that forms on the inside of fruits and vegetables after they have been…