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Did you know, if you add salt or ice to anything cold the temperature drops? In my experiment, I wanted to find out if different materials impact the rate of ice melting. Before starting this experiment, I know sugar and salt dissolve in water and sand turns into mud. I predict that the results of this experiment will be that the sugar and salt will make the ice melt at a faster rate than the sand because sugar and salt dissolve in water and sand does not. To complete this experiment I will…

Introduction: If you have paid any attention to the news lately, you will hear a phrase that is becoming more and more widely used to describe one of the main dangers of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Alberta. This phrase is called “induced seismicity.” Numerous tremors have been felt in Alberta within the past six (6) months and a concern is growing that a large earthquake will be triggered in the immediate future. Residents of Alberta are worried that their homes and livelihoods will be…

Subtopic #1. Topic Sentence: Fracking has commercially benefited private citizens, in terms of economic gain. However, the actual chemicals used in the process could harm them physically. Artifact: Graph depicting the health effects of hydraulic fracturing chemicals. Artifact Caption: Profile Of Health Effects From Fracking Chemicals Artifact Citation: Graph of oil Chemicals Health Effects from; Center for Western Priorities. “Fracking and Water Quality.” Center for Western Priorities, 26 July…

To begin with, fracking is is a slang term that refers to hydraulic fracturing which is the procedure of creating fractures in rocks and rock formations by injecting fluid into cracks to force them open thus releasing oil and natural gas. In this essay I will be citing from multiple sources and explaining the pros and cons of fracking. First of all, fracking is very harmful to the environment. According to the New York Times, “The fracking cocktail includes acids, detergents and poisons that…

The difference between Oceans with salt, and freshwater lakes with no salt, is that salt water takes longer to boil because of the molecular properties. The salt increases the boiling temperature, which makes the tendency for the water to evaporate is greater than the tendency for the water to remain on a molecular level. When the salt is added, the phenomenon known as “boiling point elevation” occurs. Which, involves the old school chemistry the solute, the solvent, and the solution. Chefs…

Fracking is affecting you and everybody around you, whether you realize it or not. Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which allows the gas to flow out to the head. Fracking can be used to obtain fossil fuels, methane, and natural gases. Many countries like: France, Bulgaria, Germany, and Scotland have banned fracking…

Interpretation and Evaluation: Rinsing Process: When performing a volumetric analysis all equipment to be used must be washed with deionised water. This is done in order to remove anything that contaminate your solution and have an effect on the results. It is important that deionised water is used and not regular tap water, this is because tap water could itself contains many unwanted impurities such salts, other solids and bacteria. If these were to contaminate the solutions to be used it…

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014, workers at a fracking well were about to begin a safety meeting at a fracking well site. The three wells on the site were drilled and ready to produce fresh natural gas. The wells were owned and operated by Chevron Appalachia, in Dunkard Township, Pennsylvania, of southwest of Pittsburgh. One of the wells was making a hissing noise. The hissing noise was methane escaping from a damaged well. The well exploded while one of the workers, Ian McKee, was investigating…

Is hydraulic fracturing ruining your life? Hydraulic fracturing is also known as fracking. It is the process of extracting natural gases and petroleum. The gases are contained in rock formations underground. So to get them out they use a mixture of sand, chemical, and water at high pressure to trap the gases. This process has been used since the 1940s, but has recently had some of the process upgraded to save money. Proponents of hydraulic fracturing want hydraulic fracturing to be expanded,…

During this lab, I compared the properties of both regular and light margarine, before and after melting. First, we took both of the margarine samples and put them in a hot water bath to melt them. This separated out the components within them- making it easy to measure their percentage value. I found the regular margarine to be made up of 14.5% solids, 64.2% oils, and 21.3% water. Next, I used the same method as before, and found the percentage of each component of the light margarine to…