Benzene

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The average person today will fill up their vehicles with different grades of petrol, because that is what the common vehicle takes. They normally don’t consider a substitute for the petrol that they fill up their cars with. Although petrol is the most common, it isn’t the only source of power for a car; electricity and diesel can be used instead of the general petrol that powers most automobiles. Although they differ from each other, electricity and diesel are replacements to the average petrol…

Conover who apparently sailed his craft into the attention of a storm and was by no means heard of again. Similarly, in case of tanker V A Fogg in 1972 the blame has been allotted to the lack of proper schooling of the crew who were cleansing out benzene residue from the vessel. All such examples in the end leave the question unanswered as to whether or not we are driven by means of reality or fiction. None of the theory still explains the mystery surrounding the Bermuda Triangle as there is no…

When the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining, natural gas is widely proclaimed as the new partner of renewable energy. A supposedly “clean” energy, natural gas, has been used to power trucks and heat homes. Inexpensive natural gas is transforming the way our energy is harnessed. With increasingly better technology, many forms of alternative energy are being supplied. Hydraulic fracturing to obtain energy is one such field that has been explored in the last 50 years. Although some may…

The Poisoner's Handbook involved many stories of dramatic poison murder cases. Medical examineer Charles Norris and toxicologist Alexander Gettler investigated the mysterious murders. Poison was a common use of killing during this era. Some of the poisons commonly used were: chloroform, wood alcohol, cyanides, arsenic, and mercury. Norris and Gettler go against unbeatable odds to solve these mysteries and decrease poison use during this deadly time. Key Idea 1 The basic chloroform molecule…

“Cancer”, its a disease that has claimed the lives of millions, its a disease that so far has no known cure, and its a disease that has many different forms. Cancer is defined as a malignant growth or tumor resulting from the division of abnormal cells. Heart cancer is one of the many different forms of cancer that affects us and luckily is one of the rarest cancers that we don’t see everyday. For example, one study reviewed more than twelve thousands of autopsies and found only seven cases of a…

The answer is yes. There are 4 different environmental impacts of using the hydrofracking method of harvesting natural resources. The first impact is the air pollution. “Drilling procedures releases a number of air contaminants such as benzene, xylene, tolene, nitrogen oxide, and some metals which are a serious threat to the air that we breathe” (Enviromental Issues 2015). The transportation of materials and disposal of waste can also cause further air pollution. “The constant exposure…

will boil at a lower temperature than Toluene. Toluene processes double bonds that result in a dipole moment at the methyl group increasing intermolecular forces and thus required more kinetic energy, heat, to boil. The polarity generated by the benzene ring is also an important concept in the separation during gas chromatography. Finally, Toluene has a slightly higher molecular weight than…

Cigarettes were first introduced to the United States during the early 19th century, but tobacco was used as early as the 1600’s. Cigarettes started getting popular during World War I, when Army surgeons claimed cigarettes helped the wounded relax and ease their pain (“Smoking & Tobacco Use”). Since then, the tobacco industry has been booming in business and in 2014, the use of cigarettes in the United States was an estimated 40 million adults (“Smoking & Tobacco Use”). However, in the past…

QUESTION: Give the Preparation, Properties and Applications of any four POLYMERS 1. Polyethenics ( Vinyl Resins) They are obtained by the polymerization of monomers containing the ethylenic bond (-C=C-) I. Polyethylene ( PE ) Polyethylene is one of the simplest and most inexpensive polymers. It is a waxy, chemical inert plastic. It a thermoplastic formed by the addition polymerization of ethylene. There are two types of polyethylene  Low Density polyethylene (LDPE) By using free radical…