Clandestine chemistry Essays

  • Clandestine Drug Laboratories and the Fire Service

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    Clandestine labs pose a great risk, to the individuals producing these toxic concoctions they don’t realize how dangerous and volatile these chemical are. These chemicals cause three main types of harm. (1) physical injury from explosions, fires, chemical burns, and toxic fumes. (2) environmental hazards and (3) endangerment of the surrounding area/child endangerment. () The most popular drug produced by clandestine laboratories is methamphetamines. Methampheramines are made from

  • Meth

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    (Scott & Dedel, 2006). However, Anhydrous Ammonia method is more popular because pseudoepherdrine can be easily obtained in cold medicine and the producing progress is quite simple and quick so this method can be applied in most of small scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratories (Scott & Dedel, 2006). The Shake and Bake or “one pot” method is made by mixing anhydrous ammonia extracted from fertilizer, pseudoephedrine from cold tablets, water, and Lithium into a 2 little soda bottle. Those chemicals

  • Breaking Bad, Directed by Vince Gilligan

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    mostly in Mexico and then sold in the United States, the total amount sold is $20 billion just in the United States (Salter Sentence 29). The TV show Breaking Bad is about a chemistry teacher who starts to cook and sell methamphetamine. The TV series does an excellent job showing how Walter White (Bryan Cranston) a chemistry teacher becomes a powerful millionaire through manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine. Breaking Bad shows an episode parallels to the poem Ozymandias By P.B. Shelley’s

  • Club Drugs and Teens

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    Introduction In today’s society, teens are a common target of anti-drug campaigns and government advertisements. The goal of these campaigns is to make teens and young adults aware of the dangers associated with drug use. While these campaigns are generally effective, teens are still greatly tempted by the dangerous, exciting, and fast-paced world of club drugs. Despite the information they are constantly receiving from their teachers, parents, and government media, some teenagers will still adamantly

  • Essay On Drug Trafficking

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    There have been considerable efforts made by the United States intelligence and law enforcement communities to combat the war on drugs. Drug trafficking is not a new challenge that the U.S. is faced with. The U.S has been fighting the war on drugs since 1971 when President Nixon declared a war on drugs. Today, the U.S. deals with an immeasurable amount of illegal drug activity across its borders, with the point of origin being Latin America and Caribbean territories. The U.S. government relies solely

  • Methland

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    Methland by Nick Reding Connecting Sociology to situations that arise in everyday life has become easier and easier as i have progressed through Intro to Sociology this semester. When choosing what book I was going to analyze for my report, I chose Methland by Nick Reding. It details the quote “death and life of an american small town” through the perspective of those involved in the epidemic of the production of methamphetamine’s in the rural town of Oelwein Iowa. Despite the odds of a poor, small

  • Recreational Drugs

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    Recreational drugs are drugs with psychoactive (mind-altering) effects that are taken mainly for the “high” rather than for a legitimate medical purpose. Recreational drugs are commonly split up into four categories: 1. Hallucinogenic drugs (drugs that distorts a persons perceived reality) 2. Depressants (inhibits function of central nervous system) 3. Stimulants (speeds up functions of the central nervous system). The use of recreational drugs has been a point of contention in politics in recent

  • Human Intelligence Collection

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    difference between overt and clandestine HUMINT operations, present which Intelligence Community members use HUMINT and describe their principal methods. Lastly, I will offer my opinion as to whether I believe overt or clandestine HUMINT is more effective. The most important difference between overt and clandestine HUMINT operations is legality: most countries consider intelligence collection by foreign agents a crime, therefore, if an agent attempts a clandestine collection or recruitment, and

  • The Effect of Concentration on the Rate of Reaction

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    The Effect of Concentration on the Rate of Reaction Planning AIM To look at the change in concentration on the rate of reaction BACKGROUND THEORY The rate of reaction tells us how quickly a chemical reaction happens. We can work it out after doing an experiment. We can measure how much reactant is used up in a certain time or how quickly products are formed. We then work out what 1/time taken is and that gives us the rate. The rate of the reaction can be affected by a number

  • The Effect of Osmosis on Potato Chips

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    The Effect of Osmosis on Potato Chips Measure the effect of osmosis on potato chips in various concentrations of sugar solution as well as distilled water. Principles Involved ------------------- Osmosis Osmosis is the process by which water passes through a semi permeable membrane from a solution of lower concentration to a solution of higher concentration until both solutions are of equal concentration. Hypothesis ---------- Osmosis will change the mass of the potato

  • Investigating the Effect of Different Concentrations of Sucrose Solutions on Potato Tiessue

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    Investigating the Effect of Different Concentrations of Sucrose Solutions on Potato Tiessue Planning For my GCSE biology coursework, I am going to conduct an investigation into the effect of different concentrations of sucrose solutions on potato tissue. Text Box: A measuring cylinder Apparatus =========================================== 18 test tubes [IMAGE][IMAGE] Text Box: 1M sucrose solution [IMAGE]A test tube rack [IMAGE] Cork borer Text Box:

  • Understanding About the Homogeneous Precipitation

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    Understanding About the Homogeneous Precipitation Synthesis and thermal analysis of the group 2(IIA) metal oxalate hydrates Objective : 1. To run the synthesis of calcium oxalate via the precipitate from solution containing calcium ion and oxalate ion. 2. To do a thermo gravimetric analysis on calcium oxalate. 3. Understand and practice the method of homogeneous precipitation through this experiment. Introduction Thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) is one of the common analytical

  • The Effect of Different Concentrations of Salt Solution on Potato Tissue

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    The Effect of Different Concentrations of Salt Solution on Potato Tissue My preliminary work involves me preparing for my actual experiment. I will do the experiment and record my findings; however it is merely a practice for the real thing. This will allow me to correct any mistakes that I may make in this task and allow me to change them, if needed, in the forthcoming project. Apparatus list for my preliminary investigation: * Cork borer. * Potato, * Salt solution (0 – 100%

  • An Experiment to Find Out How Much Gas is Given Off When Hydrochloric Acid and Marble Chips React

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    An Experiment to Find Out How Much Gas is Given Off When Hydrochloric Acid and Marble Chips React Aim === The aim of this experiment is to find out how much gas is given off by marble chips when they react with hydrochloric acid. This will tell me if the concentration of hydrochloric acid affects the speed of reaction. Variables ========= I could change: the temperature, the percentage of hydrochloric acid, the number of marble chips, or the size of the marble chips.

  • Biology Experiment

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    Biology Experiment Hypothesis I predict that the potatoes in the solution with high sugar concentration will increase in mass the most, the potatoes in the water with no sugar will lose the most mass. Osmosis is the movement of water from a high concentration to a low concentration across a particularly permeable membrane. The water can move between the potato and the solution but the sugar can’t because the molecules are too big to pass through the membrane. The water will move

  • The Molecular Formula of Succinic Acid

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    The Molecular Formula of Succinic Acid The relative formula mass is the mass of 1 molecule of succinic acid compared with 1/12th of the mass of an atom of carbon-12. This is obtained by adding together the relative atomic masses of the atoms within the molecule according to its written formula. However we do not know the exact formula: HOOC(CH )nCOOH Where n is a whole number between 1 and 4 So to calculate the relative formula mass I must use the formula m = n ×Mr

  • An Analysis and Evaluation of Data from Photosynthesis Experiments

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    An Analysis and Evaluation of Data from Photosynthesis Experiments Graph analysis This is my analysis for the investigation in to the affect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis to the Canadian pondweed, elodea. In the results the pattern is that when the light intensity is higher the readings are generally higher. On the graph the less the light intensity the lower the gradient of the curve. the equation for the photosynthesis process is; CO2 + 2H2O + Light Energy ========>

  • Assessed Practical Titration Write-Up

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    Assessed Practical Titration Write-Up Equation: Na2CO3 + H2SO4 à Na2SO4 + CO2 + H2O One mol of Na2CO3 reacts with one mol of H2SO4. Results: The weight of my sodium carbonate crystals was 2.67g and the results of the titrations are as follows: Rough 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Initial Reading 00.00 00.50 00.00 00.00 00.00 00.00 00.20 Final Reading 26.45 26.45 26.05 27.00 25.85 25.90 26.10 Titration 26.45 25

  • Potato chips experiment

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    Investigate the effects of different concentrations of salt solution on potato cells Introduction Osmosis is the way in which many living things take up water (source: GCSE Biology for You). During osmosis, water moves from a dilute solution to a more concentrated solution through a semi-permeable membrane. This membrane allows water molecules to pass through easily, but does not allow solute molecules to do this. The movement of these water molecules gradually dilutes the solution

  • Use of Experiments in Natural Sciences and in Sociology

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    Use of Experiments in Natural Sciences and in Sociology Experiments are particularly important in natural sciences as they are the device used to either prove or disprove a hypothesis. Sciences such as chemistry or physiology operate in what is known as closed systems, where all the variables can be controlled. This means therefore that such experiments can be carried out, and effectively. Whereas it may be difficult in physical sciences to control the variables, and in sociology to recreate