Pennsylvania State University Lab Report on Experiment 10- The Chemistry of Natural Waters Introduction What is water hardness? Water is extremely important to all living things and even to non-living things‚ indirectly. Therefore‚ the way water travels and gets to a place is also extremely important because its transportation methods determine the chemicals that get involved and added into the water as it travels. This relates to the hardness of water. The hardness of water is basically caused by the
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Phosphates are present in many natural waters‚ such as lakes and streams. Phosphates are essential to aquatic plant growth‚ but too much phosphate can lead to the growth of algae and results in an algae bloom. Too much algae can cause a decrease in the amount in dissolved oxygen in the water. Oxygen in water is affected in many different ways by phosphates Phosphorus is usually present in natural waters as phosphate(Mcwelsh and Raintree‚ 1998). Phosphates are present in fertilizers and laundry
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Water Quality and Contamination Melody McBride SCI-207 Dependence of man on the environment Robin Glenn September 28‚ 2014 Abstract The lab was conducted at the McBride residence. For this experiment vegetable oil‚ vinegar and liquid detergent was use to contaminate the water. Testing of how ground water is affected by different contaminants was the bases of the experiment. The results were interesting in that when vinegar is filtered through dirt it came out fairly clean‚ it also
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Water quality and contamination Tijuana R Harvey SCI207 Dependence of Man on the Environment Instructor: Kathryn Garland Nov.3‚ 2014 Water Quality and Contaminants Water being one of our most precious resources we have to question the quality of our water quality and things that maybe contaminating it. Water affects not only humans it affects other living things such as animals‚ plants‚ and aquatic life and hydroelectric machinery. Some would believe that it should be a human right to have clean
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food and water. In A. Balows et al.‚ eds.‚ Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology and Immunology. Proc. 5th Intl. Symp. on Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology & Immunology‚ Florence‚ Italy‚ Nov. 4 – 6‚ 1987. FIEDLER‚ J. & J. REISKE. 1990. Glutaminsauredecarboxylase-schnelltest zur identifikation von Escherichia coli. Z. Ges. Hyg. Grenzgeb. 36:620. SHADIX‚ L.C. & E.W. RICE. 1991. Evaluation of -glucuronidase assay for the detection of Escherichia coli from environmental waters. Can. J
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project is to determine whether river water or lake water is cleanest as it relates to tap water. The independent variables being tested in this experiment are the different waters being tested which are river water‚ lake water‚ and tap water‚ which is the control. The dependant variable is which of the three waters are the cleanest as it relates to unfiltered tap water. The purpose of this experiment is to determine what the different aspects of the three types of waters are and how that relates to cleanliness
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Analysis: Water Analysis Jasmine Kennedy Bey Lab Partners: Mohammed Alabbad‚ Drew Blackson Chemistry 1290-020 3/26/2014 TA: Rajendr Thakuri Purpose/Abstract: Students are tested for their knowledge of basic titration technique and proper usage of specific-use probes (those used for conductivity‚ alkalinity‚ and pH‚ chloride‚ nitrate and hardness detection) on Logger Pro software. The purpose of this comprehensive lab is to determine the chemical properties
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In this experiment‚ a reaction is considered where a colorless Paranitrophenol Phosphate (PNPP) is converted to the yellow paranitrophenol (PNP) through the action of an enzyme called alkaline phosphatase. This enzyme normally acts on molecules that have a phosphate group by cleaving it. The main purpose of the experiment is to study the kinetics of alkaline phosphatase when acting on a conversion of PNPP to PNP by measuring
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Experiment 8: Hydrogen Phosphate Buffer Systems Purpose The purpose of the lab was to create a buffer solution and observe the capacity of the phosphate buffer system. Also‚ the experiment was meant to provide experience with the calculations and mathematics involved in creating the buffer solution. Finally‚ the lab was designed to provide an insight and appreciation for the necessity and complexity of buffers in our physiology and in the environment. Procedure No deviations were made from
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I enjoyed doing the virtual lab. I treat water as an occupation so I understood how and what to add to treat the water. If you have a low (acidic) pH then you should add sodium hydroxide. If you have total coliforms‚ you should chlorinate before and after treatment. Often‚ we test houses for total coliforms and e. coli. If the bacteria is positive‚ then we chlorinate the well. After we make sure all the chlorine is throughout the house‚ we let it sit for 24 hours to disinfect the pipes and
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