Infrared spectroscopy

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The great Neil deGrasse Tyson once said something along the lines of humans have only discovered about 4% of the universe. Not only does my fear of what I don't know going on below my feet in the ocean scare the crap out of me, but that big star filled sky does as well. It doesn't just scare me, but it probably scares and excites scientists studying it all over the world. Since we only know a fraction of the inter-workings of the universe, there are many questions and things going on that we…

Chapter: Soil, Water and Air Pollution 1. Introduction: Definitions of soil, water and air pollution; sources and types of soil, water and air pollution, soil and water pollution status in India With rapid increase and development in industrial and agricultural sectors along with population explosion, huge amount of organic and inorganic waste is released in environment and causing serious threats to environment and agro-ecosystem. This procedure can bring about a danger in the human wellbeing.…

Chitin is a linear polysaccharide, with β-(1-4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. Found in the exoskeletons of crustaceans (crab, shrimp, lobster, insects) & molluscs, as well as the cell walls of algae and fungi, chitin is the second-most naturally abundant polysaccharide after cellulose [1, 2]. Chitin occurs naturally in the polymorphic forms: α, β and γ. The α-polymorphic form of chitin is the most abundant in nature, present in the strong exoskeleton of crustaceans [6]. α-Chitin forms tightly…

In a Utopian society, corruption, crimes, and criminal intent is a societal non-factor, however, we do not live in a Utopian society. Our society is filled with crimes and criminal intent that is potentially harmful to the bystanding citizens of the world. Terrorist, murderers, rapists, human traffickers, and many more illegal actions pose a threat to the worlds citizens. On a global scale about 1.6 million people lose their life due to violent encounters with another human per year. This…

CONTENT Contents What is a Breathalyzer? 3 History of a Breathalyzer 3 Importance of Breathalyzer 3 How the Breathalyzer works? 4 Chemical reactions that takes place in a Breathalyzer. 5 The accuracy and advantages of a Breathalyzer 6 The Limitations and Disadvantages of a Breathalyser 8 Interesting facts. 9 Conclusion 10 References 11 What is a Breathalyzer? A Breathalyzer or Breathalyser is a device used for estimating blood alcohol content(BAC) from a breath sample. History of a…

In the human body, nearly 70 trillion cells work simultaneously with one another to maintain order throughout the designated body system (Zimmer, C., 2013). However, occasionally mutations occur in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), causing catastrophic events to occur throughout the body. Once these mutated cells have replicated and begin to take over a specified region, the mass then begins to absorb the region’s main source of nourishment: the blood supply. This is known as cancer. Each year,…

The lost colony of Roanoke is one of the oldest unsolved mysteries of American history. The idea of settling American coastline was put into play when queen Elizabeth I granted a charter for Roanoke colony to Sir Walter Raleigh who would be funding the expedition. The most likely explanation for what happened to the Roanoke colonists was that they died in some way, but there are other theories that suggest they moved away to start a new life. From 1584 to 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh funded…

acid concentrations on a regular basis (at the start of MLF and every seven days thereafter) until its completion (taken as the point when the malic acid concentration is equal to or lower than 0.3 gIL). This was done by Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) (WineScan FT120, FOSS Analytical, Denmark) as well as determination of the malic acid concentration with an enzymatic assay (Roche, Boehringer Mannheim,…

Phase Solubility results The phase-solubility diagram (figure 1) obtained was classified as AL type(20) because the apparent solubility of ISH increased linearly with β-CD concentration over the entire concentration range studies, thereby suggesting the formation of a water soluble complex. A slope value of less than one indicated that an inclusion complex in a molar stoichiometric ratio of 1:1 was formed between the drug and β-CD in solution. The stability constant (718.58 M–1), computed from…