EDTA Essays

  • Activation Energy Investigation

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    Chemistry Exploration Topic: determining the activation energy of a chemical reaction Research Question: What effect does temperature of the chemical reaction have on the activation energy ? ICT: Microsoft Word Autograph Microsoft Excel Introduction This experiment is designed to help in estimating the activation energy of the rate-limiting step in the acid catalyzed reaction of acetone with iodine. This is achieved by measuring the reaction rates at different reaction temperatures over

  • Chelation Informative Speech

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    may have read about it and wondered that what’s chelation therapy? Chelation therapy is usually a chemical course of action in which an artificial solution-EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid)-is injected into the bloodstream of a patient to eliminate heavy metals and minerals from the human body. Chelation implies to grab something.” When EDTA is injected in a patient’s veins, it catches heavy metals and minerals for example iron, calcium, aluminium, arsenic, copper, mercury and lead, and then eliminate

  • Disadvantages Of Chelation Therapy

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    Chelation Therapy: Chelation Therapy using intravenous EDTA was initially used in the treatment of lead poisoning. There is increasing evidence that chelation therapy may be useful in the treatment of cardiovascular disease, such as angina, blocked coronary arteries and poor circulation to the lower limbs, although it must be emphasised that there are no controlled clinical trials that show that chelation is of proven benefit in these conditions. Doctor Dobie in Sydney never advises patients to

  • The Case Of Steven Avery

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    Steven Avery fights to prove his claimed innocence. Steven claims that "they set him up," when he was investigated and was told that he was not a suspect. The investigation of Teresa's death resulted in finding an essential in Steven's residence, EDTA test being done, and log documentation of officers. When searching Steven's home, a key that linked to Teresa's Rav 4 was found. The key was found on a bookcase November 8 when Sargent William Tulson did not watch over the officers. Steven's defenders

  • The Chemistry Of Natural Waters Lab Report

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    Olivia Lapchak Chemistry 113-004 23 February 2023 The Chemistry of Natural Waters Introduction When considering the amount of bottled water that is consumed every day, very little is contemplated when choosing what brand to buy. The contents in each of the water brands is vital information one should know before purchasing because it informs the consumer about many measurements including Calcium and Magnesium concentration, total dissolved solids, total hardness, and the water source for each brand

  • A Brief Summary Of Scene Seven Of Making A Murderer By William Avery

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    it would have the preservative EDTA in it. The State decided to have it tested. Just before the prosecution got to rest its case, the FBI got done testing Steven Avery’s blood that was found in Halbach’s car. Two “experts” testified. The FBI “specialist” testified that it was Steven Avery’s blood; that there was no way that it came from the vial. There was no EDTA found in the sample. The other specialist claimed that, because the testing was so new, the EDTA may not have been detected at all

  • The Pros And Cons Of Chelation Therapy

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    therapy? Chelation (pronounced key-LAY-shun) therapy is treatment used in conventional medicine for removing heavy metals (including mercury) from the blood. It involves intravenous injections of a chelating agent, EDTA (ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid), a synthetic amino acid. EDTA binds to heavy metals and minerals in the blood so that they can be excreted in the urine. Another intravenous agent used by some physicians for mercury detoxification is called DMPS (2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic

  • The Chemistry Of Natural Waters Lab Report

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    value of 225, and an average hardness from EDTA value of 489 (see table 3). While the other two samples had low hardness values, this one has a large value, meaning it came from a European-sourced company. This hardness is very high compared to the water quality report values for any of the European values, however the experimental range is 283-695 when including standard deviation. The high standard deviation comes from the fact that a single-well EDTA titration was necessary to determine the hardness

  • What Is The Chemistry Of Natural Waters Lab Report

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    were added to each well in a 1x12 well strip. Once each well was filled, the titration proceeded: one drop of the 2 x 10-4 M EDTA was added to the first well, two drops to the second, three drops to the third, etc. Once one of the wells turned a blue color, that particular well represented the point at which there was excess EDTA and all of the Mg2+ combined with the EDTA to remove the ions from solution and form the chelate. Following the test, the equation MEDTAVEDTA=MCa2+VCa2+ was used to calculate

  • The Chemistry Of Natural Waters Lab Report

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    examining the leftover nonvolatile residue that remains, which is known as the total dissolved solids (TDS) of the sample, to chemical titrations using indicators (EDTA), to advanced spectroscopy of the sample using emission spectrums to determine ion absorbance values (AA Spectroscopy). There are a few differences between AA Spectroscopy and EDTA titrations when it comes to determining water hardness as both tests use different techniques. AA Spectroscopy is used to determine the concentration of metal

  • Not Guilty: The O. J. Simpson Case

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    was guilty. The proposed motive was Mark Fuhrman's racism. EDTA (an anticoagulant) found in blood collected at O.J.’s home supports this theory. However, EDTA is naturally found in blood and at the time of the trial there were no tests able to distinguish between natural and contaminant EDTA. The positive EDTA results may have come from the contamination of the equipment used to perform the tests. The first hole in the prosecution’s

  • Steven Vail Murder Case Essay

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    gun as expressed in the 2014 documentary, “Making a Murder”. There is also question about whether the blood needed to be tested for EDTA at all, if evidence that it had been tampered with could so easily be explained. As defense attorneys continue with their argumentation that the EDTA testing was faulty- (and several DNA scientists have backed them) that EDTA could have been present in three of the samples from Halbach’s car that the prosecution didn’t test. However this all goes back to

  • Catechol To Benzoquinne Lab Report

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    contrast, if an ion was bonded to by one of the chelating agents and the reaction still occurred, this situation would signal that it was a necessary cofactor to the enzyme. Therefore, the brown color would have appeared, as seen in tube 1, containing EDTA. In other words, calcium and magnesium were not viable factors in the reaction and the enzyme was able to catalyze appropriately despite whether or not they were

  • Steven Avery Case

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    Steven Avery is at the mercy of the Wisconsin court once again. Avery must defend himself against a county that has the belief of him being guilty for simply being an Avery. This is not the first time Manitowoc county assumed Avery's guilt before a trial occurs. Avery was brought before the Court on March 10, 1986, for the sexual assault, attempted murder and false imprisonment of Penny Beerntsen. Avery was sentenced to thirty-two years in prison by Judge Fred Hazelwood. Avery kept proclaiming his

  • Steven Vail Case Analysis

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    his declaration of guiltlessness. Steven asserts the officers "set him up," when he was interrogated after being told he was not a suspect. Actions taken in the investigation of Teresa's death resulted in finding an essential in Steven's residence, EDTA test being done, and log documentation of officers. Since Steven's home was inspected, a key linked to Teresa's Rav 4 was found. The device was found on a bookcase the day Sargent William Tulson did not look after the deputies. Steven's defenders suspected

  • Ni-Affinity Chromatography Lab Report

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    histadine amino acids. Buffer condition: His-binding buffer: • 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH8.0) 
 • 5 mM Imidazole 
 • 100 mM NaCl 
 • 0.1 mM EDTA 
 • 1 mM PMSF made fresh 
 His-wash buffer: • 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH8.0) 
 • 300 mM NaCl 
 • 15 mM Imidazole 
 • 0.1 mM EDTA 
 • 1 mM PMSF made fresh 
 is-elution buffer: • 50 mM Tris-Cl (pH8.0) 
 • 50 mM NaCl 
 • 300 mM Imidazole 
 • 0.1 mM EDTA 
 • 1 mM PMSF made fresh 
 Procedure: 1. Ni-Agarose Beads Preparation: 1L mixture proteins will need 25 ml of beads.Transfer

  • Osmotic Fragility Test

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    hematological changes in the measured parameter, which could complicate the interpretation of the resulting data (Lippi et al., 2005). Whole blood is usually treated with anticoagulants to prevent them from clotting. Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA)salt sodium

  • Was Oj Simpson Guilty

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    OJ Simpson OJ Simpson is a former National Football League running back, a actor, broadcaster and even a advertising spokesman, but those weren’t all of the things the former running back was. OJ Simpson was involved in a armed robbery, arrested for kidnapping, charged on multiple cases of assault and was also accused of committing the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. There was a huge shock when OJ Simpson was not found guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown

  • Tap Water Lab Report

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    Experiment A: This lab’s goal was to find out whether tap water or pond water had more tannin contamination. When tannin and chlorine combine, the resulting substance can become a carcinogen. I added a reagent in each sample of water; in this lab, the tannin reagent is used to illustrate if a solution has elevated tannin levels. If the substance has tannin, then the solution will turn blue in about 30 minutes. I used a tannin colorimeter to measure more precisely the concentration of tannin in a

  • The Case Of Steven Avery

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    In 1985 Steven Avery was wrongfully convicted of a sexual assault he didn’t commit. During the time that led up to this event, Steven Avery threatened a spouse of a deputy sheriff ( she is also his cousin) with a rifle, which he stated was empty. This all happened in Manitowoc County in Wisconsin. It is claimed the Avery family never really fit in with the surrounding community and were seemingly considered uncultured troublemakers. Steven Avery did have previous convictions of burglaries and animal