Agent Orange

Name: Phoebe Why are school busses yellow? Honk honk the bright yellow school bus arrived! Then I wonder why are school busses yellow? It is such a wacky yellow too. School busses are supposed to bring kids to school and then back home, why can't they just be any color just like any car? Have you ever thought just how weird the color of a school bus is ? Read on to learn more! Do you think the color of a school bus is the yellow that you find out of a crayon box? Actually it is not that…

Introduction Problem Statement: Which enzyme will produce the most juice from applesauce pectinase, cellulase, or the mixture of pectinase/cellulase? Hypothesis: If Pectinase, Cellulase and combination of Pectinase and Cellulase are used for extracting juice from applesauce, than the Pectinase will produce more juice because it is already mainly used for extracting juice from fruit in the real world. Independent Variable: The enzymes (pectinase, cellulase, and the combination of…

interesting to see the progression of weapons from the early beginnings to now. Most people believe that chemical warfare agents were first introduced during the World Wars. Interestingly enough, the concepts of these agents were developed as early as 600 B.C. They weren’t known as chemical warfare agents however; the techniques that were used mimic the action of these agents that are being used today. During the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens, the Spartan army used a mixture of…

Special Agents is different from most Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) in the Army. Anywhere that an Infantryman can go follows the same general progression. They go to a line platoon, move from soldier to team leader to squad leader to Platoon Sergeant. They all receive training on the M4 carbine, M249 Squad automatic Weapon, 240 Machine Gun, and M2 Machine Gun. CI Agents do not follow a path similar to the infantry setup. CI Agents can go to positions where they can be the only Agent…

“You made very sharp-witted decisions on today’s surveillance case, Agent Smith. Without you on the job I don't know if we would have been successful,” announced Agent Nelson. “Thank you, you did a wonderful job managing the team,” Agent Smith responded. Aiden Smith, known as Agent Smith, is a surveillance specialist for the FBI. He works at the FBI Headquarters in Washington D.C., and his job is extremely important to him. Everyday he observes suspicious areas through hidden security…

breads, biscuits, and muffins all use chemical leavening agents such as baking soda and an acid or baking powder. The acid and the base in the chemical leavening agent react to form CO2 that cause dough rising like yeast fermentation. Gluten free products use yeast and gums to help leaven the product and set its structure to trap CO2 bubbles. Gluten free products however typically do not rise as well as yeast or chemical leavening agent techniques because of the lack of elasticity formed by…

answers. EDTA did seem to have inhibited the reaction some, but the chelating agent, PTU, had the smallest reaction rate making copper the correct cofactor. The trend in the data is that the two chelating agents used to bind copper both had smaller reaction rates than the EDTA, used to bind Magnesium and Calcium. The color change was seen the most in the test tube containing EDTA. It went from colorless to a dark orange color. The other test tubes had only a slight color change. The higher the…

A Clockwork Orange, a 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, is a dramatic and eccentric tale of self-discovery, and coming to the understanding of the meaning of life. One of the largest themes presented within the novel, is the necessity of having some kind of commitment in life. According to the narrator, psychopathic delinquent Alex, the majority of the adults within Britain during the events of the novel are almost completely assumed by apathy. They constantly are spoon-fed all of the information…

If they don’t die right away it’s almost inevitable that they will later on since there are many health side effects after being exposed to chemical weapons. Lastly informaction.org details the effects of chemical weapons on the environment. Agent Orange which is an aggressive herbicide was used in large scale in Vietnam and destroyed over 15% of their vegetation (http://www.informaction.org/index.php?menu=menua.txt&main=weapons_effects.txt&s=Weapons). Not to mention the health problems caused…

The purpose of the experiment is to perform a series of chemical reactions involving copper. The goal is then to perform precipitation, acid-base, decomposition, and redox reactions using the copper cycle. The mass of the copper was then analyzed using the percent recovery formula. Reaction 1: The Formation of Cu(NO3)2: Reaction 1 of the experiment involved performing a redox reaction to create Cu(NO3)2. Immediately after HNO3 was added to the copper wire (Cu), the brown NO2 gas was emitted from…