Chemical synthesis

Aim: This is an investigation to establish the effect of different temperatures (from 0°C -100°C) on the production of oxygen gas in a potato catalase reaction, using hydrogen peroxide as a substrate. The oxygen gas produced will be measured using a gas pressure sensor. Introduction: Enzymes are proteins, known as biological catalysts that increase the rate of reaction in a biochemical reaction without being chemically altered. The human body consists of various different types of enzymes,…

The rate at which a reaction occurs, referred to as reaction rate, is a type of reaction property that directly measures the extent of a reaction. Changes in concentration affect reaction rates in chemical formulas, and if the reaction is not specifically known, the rate cannot be determined. The rates are given in negative or positive measurements depending on whether the concentration is a reactant or product. Knowing this, the first step in finding the reaction rate would be to determine the…

1. Identify the key technical characteristics of the Daguerreotype and Calotype processes. Illustrate your answer with examples of images form each technology, and say how they reflect its characteristics. (25%) Before the invention of the wet collodion process, which produces an unlimited number of copies of finely detailed images on paper and to print, by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851, there were two photograph processes previously: the daguerreotype and the calotype. The…

The lab calculations resulted in an average of 21.7L/mol which was fairly close to the theoretical value, 22.4L/mol. In order to obtain that result through calculations, the water vapor pressure and the water height correction had to take place. After, the combined gas law had to be utilized and manipulated to find the volume and divide that volume by moles of magnesium. Being close to the theoretical value, 22.4L, it verifies that one mole of all gases occupy 22.4L in any container under…

potentially get any worse. How the contents of instant cold packs help them work. 2. Instant hot and cold packs work by using chemicals that wither absorb a lot of heat quickly or release heat when absorbed in water, when a process absorbs a lot of heat it’s called an endothermic reaction ; when a process releases a lot of heat it’s called an exothermic reaction, the chemical ammonium nitrate Is quite often used in cold packs because it absorbs a lot of heat when soaked in water, water and…

Abstract: Amylase in the body is used to break down polysaccharides into monosaccharides. The monosaccharides are simple sugars that are used to give the body energy. This effect was investigated in an experiment designed to show the breaking down of starch solution. A water bath was used to heat water up to 60oc. Pieces of dialysis tubing were wet and had starch solution put inside. Half of the measuring cylinders were filled with 60oc water, and the other half with 25oc water. Tests of the…

Copper Cycle Experiment Date: 31st may 2016 Experiment Time: 1: 30 pm Purpose This lab experiment is divided into two parts A an B . In part A , we will start with our given solution of and synthesize a number of copper compounds by chemical reactions and observing every colour change and appearance, As a final step of part A , we will recover copper metal . In Part B we will synthesize two copper (I) compounds and observe their reactions . However we also get to learn using new…

Chemistry plays a vital role in everyday life even though it may not seem like it. One of these things include firearms, which exhibits chemistry throughout the whole entire process. They show chemical and physical properties ranging from the gunpowder to the actual process of firing a bullet. Gunpowder is what makes the whole reaction occur. Without the use of chemistry throughout a firearm, would make it useless and it wouldn't work. These uses of chemistry occurs so fast that you may not…

Clock reactions are an appealing way to show different type of chemicals having a reaction towards each other. This type of chemical reaction shows the demonstration of chemical kinetics. Iodine clock reactions were discovered by Swiss chemist Hans Heinrich Landolt in 1886. The procedure of conducting an iodine clock reaction consist of two colourless chemicals being mixed together. After a short period of time the two colourless chemicals will react with each other causing there to be a colour…

Nitric acid and brass pellets (copper) were set to react under a fume hood. The scientist observed the once liquid acid turning a green color, and the release of an orange gas due to violent fizzing/bubbling on the surface of the copper pellets: a chemical reaction. Because nitric acid is a very strong acid that is weakly bonded, it violently reacts with the metal. After about 30 minutes, the scientist noted the once clear liquid was now a dark, rich, blue aqueous Copper (II) Nitrate solution.…