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Chemistry in Your Day : Bleached Blonde

2011-07-18T18:53:00.000-04:00

Have you ever bleached your hair? Most home kits for hair bleaching contain hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), an excellent oxidizing agent. When applied to hair, hydrogen peroxide oxidizes melanin, the dark pigment that gives hair colour. Once melanin is oxidized, it no longer imparts a dark colour to hair, leaving the hair with the familiar bleached look. Hydrogen peroxide also oxidizes other

Bone Density

2011-04-03T08:55:00.001-04:00

As you may have heard, in today's society the issue of osteoporosis is really alarming especially to the seniors. Why is that? What is osteoporosis anyway? Let's talk about it! Artificial hip joint Comparison Osteoporosis - which means porous bone - is a condition in which bone density becomes too low. The healthy bones of a young adult have a density of about 1.0 g/cm3. Patients

Thomas S. Kuhn and Scientific Revolutions

2011-03-27T12:51:00.001-04:00

I came across my book and saw this amazing article, I figured "it would be nice if everyone could also enjoy it". So, here you go guys! When scientist talk about science, we often talk in ways that imply that our theories are "true". Further, we talk as if we arrive at theories in logical and unbiased ways. For example, a central theory to chemistry is John Dalton's atomic theory - the idea that

Go Green! : Acid Rain

2011-01-12T10:00:00.001-05:00

The process of making acid rain Certain pollutants such as NO, NO2, and SO2 form acids when mixed with water. NO and NO2, primarily from vehicular emissions, combine with atmospheric oxygen and water to form Nitric acid, HNO3(aq). SO2 primarily from coal-powered electricity generation, combines with atmospheric oxygen and water to form Sulfuric acid, H2SO4(aq). Both

Chemistry in Your Day : Atoms and Humans

2011-01-05T11:08:00.001-05:00

Dear Reader, Thank you for reading our blog and contributing by comments and suggestions. We are now commencing a new series called Chemistry in Your Day, this would be a section where we are going to discuss about how chemistry affects our daily life and how certain phenomenon in our life could be explained with chemistry. This series is taken from Chemistry: A Molecular Approach by

Introduction to Kite

2010-12-31T19:14:00.001-05:00

The first human made heavier-than-air device to take flight 2800 years ago, and the pioneer to the modern aircraft. Kite is a flying tethered aircraft which works under many principals, many of them can be clearly explained in Physics. There are several factors which influence the kite behaviour while flying in the air. These are the main factors:·

Sci-Project : Sugar Rockets

2010-06-21T13:59:00.000-04:00

Summer is coming up! Don't know what to do? Have some fun with science! This project is suitable for those who want to have some awesome science experience. How to make homemade Core burning rockets out of Domino Powdered Confectioners Sugar 16oz ($6.49) 1 Lb Potassium Nitrate ($5.99) Durham Donald 168 Water Putty 1lb ($2.6) Paper Match heads Jarden #4878902122

Crash Busters : Part II

2010-04-06T22:47:00.001-04:00

From time to time as technology growing rapidly, the cars we drive are also getting faster and faster. The necessity of proper vehicle safety devices become bigger and bigger to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers. Auto industries are spending a huge amount of both time and

Is there water on Mars?

2010-01-05T09:57:00.002-05:00

Water ice in Vastitas Borealis Crater (Credit: European Space Agency / ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)) Scientists have long studied the possibility of water on Mars, analyzing

Go Green! : Clean Coal Technology Today

2009-12-31T09:00:00.000-05:00

As intellectuals’ world over are harping on the clean usage of coal or how cleaner coal can be, industrial nations are once again on the back foot, and many of them have asked their scientists to actively pursue Clean Coal technologies, and come up with a viable solution to cut down on CO2 emissions. Any way, one thing is quite evident, and it is there on the wall to be seen for all; with global

Basics of Forces

2009-12-29T21:22:00.002-05:00

Force - an action which tends to cause a change in motion. A push or pull.Forces come in two basic flavors; contact forces and field forces. Contact forces occur as the name implies - when contact between two object is present. You cannot push your book across the table without contacting the book. A tennis racket cannot change the motion of the ball unless it contacts the ball. By contrast,

Go Green! : Biodiesel

2009-12-27T19:29:00.002-05:00

In this age when mankind is consuming excessive quantities of fossil fuels and thus depleting the already restricted reserves of oil, the high costs of fuels has made it necessary to look for alternative solutions with which to power mankind forward. Thus, there is a gradual shift towards more reliable as well as alternative solutions to fossil fuel such as biodiesel. According to experts and

The Rate of Reaction and Its Role

2009-12-25T14:17:00.000-05:00

The Rate of Reaction and Its Role Science is always in every part of our life, whether we realize it or not. Anything that we do is always involved some parts of science in it. In chemistry, we have learned about rate of reaction and its role in our everyday life. Rate of reaction is important and has a crucial effect in our life. Rate of reaction is, as defined by chemists, the rate of reaction