Hydrocarbon

there, the oil can be processed into many different products. Gasoline is formed from different chain of hydrocarbons found in crude oil. Marshall Brain states that “the chains from C7H24 and C11H24 are blended together and used for gasoline” (Brain). There are many hydrocarbons found in crude oil and putting different chains together produces different products. Diesel is also formed from hydrocarbons, just from different ones. Marshall Brain illustrates that diesel “contains more carbon atoms…

Background Benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon(PAH) when infiltrated within the body of humans and animals undergoes a series of chemically modified changes to form a number of metabolites that are known to elicit portentous and toxic effects (4). Benzo(a)pyrene has a chemical formula of C20H12 and is considered a Group 1 Carcinogen by the International Agency for Research and Cancer (IARC) (7, 11). It is composed of a cyclic structure and crystals appear to be pale yellow…

leaks out of a pipeline and into the soil, many harmful substances are released. The most major one is hydrocarbons, whose sedimentation in water bodies can easily poison bottom-feeding marine organisms (“Public Health Statement For Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH).”); imbalance in aqua ecosystems can affect a myriad of species and potentially harm ecological equity on a large scale. Hydrocarbons can also influence humans: if consumed through drinking contaminated water, harmful particles and…

Cholesterol is a lipid with a unique structure consisting of four linked hydrocarbon rings forming the bulky steroid structure. There is a hydrocarbon tail linked to one end of the steroid and a hydroxyl group linked to the other end. The hydroxyl group is able to form hydrogen bonds with nearby carbonyl oxygen of phospholipid and sphingolipid headgroups.Cholesterol is referred as an amphipathic molecule, that it contains its hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts. Cholesterol is usually synthesized…

glow sticks to creat a type of bule-green color. Another example is, Rubrene, it is a red colored polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, which are organic compounds that contain only carbon and hydrogen, and it shows a bright yellow light in glow sticks. So many more colors can be made such as green. 9,10-Bis(phenylethynyl)anthracene is an aromatic hydrocarbon, which is a hydrocarbon that contains sigma bonds as well as detached pi electrons in betweem the carbon atoms that forms a circle. It tends…

Pollution Opposing Viewpoints, claims that there are varieties of ways that influence air pollution, but “the most common contaminants come from burning of petroleum hydrocarbon, the using of pesticides and industrial and domestic discharges due to those contaminants entering into the environment” (Roleff 26). Petroleum hydrocarbon is released by industrial factories and affects us all. The power plants burning coal and factories produce dust generated by construction works. Factories and power…

Liquid ventilation (LV) is a form of mechanical ventilation in which the lungs are insufflated with an oxygen-rich liquid, such as perfluorocarbon, rather an oxygen-rich gas mixture (1). There are two primary types of liquid-assisted ventilation: total liquid ventilation and partial liquid ventilation. In total liquid ventilation, the lungs are filled with perfluorocarbon to a volume equivalent to the lung’s functional residual capacity and a liquid ventilator is used to generate tidal breathing…

usually used to refer to oil pollution in the oceans but can also refer to oil pollution on land. Why is Oil Insoluble in Water? Oil is composed of hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbons are insoluble in water because water is a polar molecule and hydrocarbons are non-polar. The general dissolving rule is that ‘like dissolves in like’, since water and hydrocarbons are not the same type of molecule water cannot dissolve oil. Figure 1: Non Polar Molecule Figure 2:…

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The topic of energy I chose to do my paper on was fossil fuels and their impact. For those of you who may not know what fossil fuels are they are formed by natural processes. They are hydrocarbons generally coal, fuel oil which come from dead organisms like plants and animals. These fuels became well recognized and in use following the 18th century’s industrial revolution. Since then we’ve seen the fossil fuels used more and more. Fossil fuels are classified as organic matter. The utilization of…