When talking about adaptations, a common thing one might hear is “That’s not how it happened in the book!” But surely there is more to adaptations than simply loyalty between film and book. One must delve deeper to understand the relationship between books and films when an adaptation is made. There is bound to be discussion (when examining adaptations) of what novels can do that film can’t and vice versa. Novels are verbal and use words to tell a story, […]
Practice Journal—Dave Berry, “Red, White, and Beer” Recapping: In the beginning of “Red, White, and Beer”, Dave Berry is talking about how commercial are very patriotic and pro-American. Then, he goes on and gives examples of commercial that show pro-America like Chrysler with the winner of the Bruce Springsteen Sound-alike contest. Dave gets more specific on how beer commercials show the most pro-America, especially Miller. Dave also explains how Miller’s commercials have these burly American men who go round and […]
Objective: To determine the reaction order with respect to crystal violet and determine the rate constant and half life for the reaction: [CV+ + OH– Þ CVOH]. Procedure: (1) Calibrate the Colorimeter with distilled water. (2) Prepare a solution with 10ml each of the provided CV and OH. (3) Let solution stand for 3 minutes before beginning (4). (4) Place solution in Colorimeter and record data point with software. (5) Remove solution for one minute. (6) Repeat steps (4-5) twenty […]
Objective Determine the equilibrium constant Kc for the chemical reaction: Fe3+(aq) + SCN–(aq) ⇌ FeSCN2+(aq) Procedure 0.0020M Fe(NO3)3 (ml) 0.0020M KSCN (ml) H2O (ml) 5 2 3 5 3 2 5 4 1 5 5 0 18 (0.2M) 2 0 (1) Calibrate the colorimeter. (2) Prepare five test tubes with the designated solutions: (3) Measure each solution using the colorimeter and computer software. (4) Record an observation of the solution temperature. (5) Calculate the average equilibrium constant for the reaction […]
Safety note (tert-butyl alcohol / tert-butanol, CAS 75-65-0): PubChem’s hazard summary for tert-butanol (CID 6386, CAS 75-65-0) classifies it as a highly flammable liquid and vapour (H225), as causing serious eye irritation (H319), as harmful if inhaled (H332), and as possibly causing respiratory irritation (H335). This lab belongs in a fume hood, away from ignition sources, with eye protection and gloves; see also a manufacturer SDS such as Fisher Scientific tert-Butanol. Analysis: Utilizing the Lab Pro software, we were […]
Analysis of Vitamin C in Juice Product, Data in Slides 12-14 (1) Molarity of Standard Ascorbic Acid Solution Standard Solution of AA = (0.05 (g AA/100mL) x 1000mL)/176.1(g AA/mol) = 2.84 x 10-3 M (2) Molarity of DCP Solution Standard Solution of DCP = (2.84×10-5mol DCP/33.57mL DCP) x 1000mL = 8.50×10-4 M in Trial 1 (3) Mass of Ascorbic Acid Titrated in Juice Sample Ascorbic Acid Mass Titrated in Juice = ((8.5×10-4) mol DCP/1000mL) x (13.61 mL DCP) x (176.1 […]