Mortar and pestle Essays

  • Making the Mortar and Pestle

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    Making the Mortar and Pestle For thousands of years, humans have been creating, designing, and using tools. In the beginning, these tools were simplistic but effective, and made with natural materials such as wood, bone, and stone. From these materials, many different tools, such as hammers, axes, cooking utensils, and many more. For my tool assignment, I decided to make a simple mortar and pestle out of stone. The reason for picking a mortar and pestle is because it is a kitchen apparatus that I

  • Taxila Museum

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    sixth hall, where, on the wall showcases we see silver glasses of different shapes, bowls and spoons, toilet trays, small pottery pieces, bowls and plates of terracotta and pottery arranged for distillation. On the floor are big storage jars, pestle and mortar and saddle querns.

  • Identifying an Unknown Analgesic

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    Identifying an Unknown Analgesic Objectives: 1. To identify a unknown analgesic 2. To identify the analgesic you will be given 4 known analgesics compounds. Each of which can be separated using by Thin Layer Chromatography. 3. Using thin layer chromatography the unknown analgesic will be compared to the 4 known analgesics. Spotting of the sample 1. Prepare a microcapillary tube for each analgesic and each standard 2. Immerse the small end of the tube into the sample vial

  • Gas Production by Yeast

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    Gas Production by Yeast The apparatus we used in the first experiment are as follows: Syringe, fresh yeast, three solutions of glucose at concentrations of 1%, 5% and 10%, enamel dish, boss head, small crystallising dish, glass rod, spatula, 10cm measuring cylinder, stop clock, thermometers and a water bath. Prediction I predict that as I increase the concentration of glucose, the more bubbles will be produced. Method My partner and I placed one spatula of fresh yeast into a glass

  • Cereal Lab Report

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    two 50 milliliter beaker, a funnel, a ring stand, two 400 milliliter beaker, filter paper, clay triangle, and a mortar and pestle. The next thing is you must weigh a piece of paper or a weigh boat whichever you are going to put the cereal on. Once we have done that we must weigh 0.8 grams of fruit loops and record the weight. Afterwards you must crush the cereal using a mortar and pestle. Once you are done crushing the cereal you can pour it in one of the 50 mL beakers and add 5 to 10 mL of chloroform

  • The Action of an Enzyme

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    boiling) for 2 minutes. 4. Use forceps to remove the cubes from the test tube. Place one cube on the staining dish B. Place the second cube in the mortar. 5. Grind the boiled cube (add a little water if necessary). Put the paste on staining dish C (use a glass rod if necessary). Wash the pestle and mortar. 6. Grind one raw cube in the mortar. Put the paste on staining dish D. 7. Put the remaining, uncooked cube of liver in test tube A; the boiled cube in B: the boiled liver paste C and

  • 5 Ways to Make Oatmeal Your Absolute Beauty Secret

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    and friends. 1. Fabulous Oatmeal Facemask. Yup! You can use oatmeal as a face mask. It is an all natural ingredient to help soothe your skin. Here is how you can start grooving up this habit. Grind two tablespoons of oatmeal by using a mortar and pestle, blender or food processor. Then add a teaspoon of baking soda and a few drops of water. Continue mixing until it turns into a “face mask” paste. Clean your face with your fancied soap and pat dry. Then now you can apply your homemade oatmeal

  • Everyday Life of the Elizabethan Era

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    Do you love fashion, food, and sports? During the Elizabethan Era these things were a little different then what it is today. In today’s time we listen to music for fun, go to parties, or even a movie. Elizabethan Era had other ways of having fun. The people during this time played chess, golf, watched bears fight, and even went animal hunting. However, they also did things that we do today such as dance and even went to theaters to see plays. People who have seen a play from the Elizabethan know

  • Compare two Robert Browning poems - The Laboratory and My last Duchess.

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    no longer in use in today's society eg durst/dared and forsooth/indeed. There are other indications that the poetry was written in the 19th century by the references made to the use of a fan and also the way the poison was prepared using pestle and mortar. 'Grind away moisten and mash up thy paste, Pound at thy powder-I am not in haste.' The topic of the poem in My Last Duchess is infact a painting, had it been written in the 21st century it would have been far more likely to have been

  • The Clever Daughters: Relativity Of Wit

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    which has been the demise of many characters that have come before and after him. The farmer asks the king for a piece of land and the king gives it to him for nothing. When the farmer finds a mortar of pure gold on this new land he wants to give it to the king out of gratitude for receiving his land. A mortar without

  • Nuclei And Mitochondria Lab Report

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    capped culture tubes, a razorblade, a mortar and pestle, 70% ethanol-water solution, refrigerated centrifuge, microscope, microscope slides and cover slips, a spatula, Janus green stain, and aceto-orcein stain. To perform this experiment one must first pre-chill the extraction buffer, mortar and pestle, test tubes, and any other instruments used to 3-5 degrees Celsius. Next, remove the outer 5mm of floret

  • Okra Coffee Case Study

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    Qualitative Screening of okra seeds and peppermint leaves as substitute for coffee without Caffeine ABSTRACT An ideal start for our day is to have a fresh hot coffee. Coffee is a brewed beverage with a slightly acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, dark, called coffee beans. Coffee is known for boost the body metabolism, scrum against type 2 diabetes, lessen the possibility of heart diseases, cancer to a certain lengthen can be treated and mostly moderate consumption

  • Essay On Greek Food

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    crumbs with some light spices. Greeks usually have the most filling dinners. Greeks don’t specifically have special cooking utensils but there are not specific meals that you would need special utensils for. There is one though and that is a mortar and pestle. This is used for herbs and to make famous Greek spices. It is also used to make some sauces. There is not mu... ... middle of paper ... ... many of them are put in salads and meats to give it a spicy or sweet taste. Some of the spices would

  • Plant Pigment Essay

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    Photosynthesis is a vital process used by plants, some protists, and cyanobacteria in which the light energy coming from the sun is transformed into chemical energy. Chemical energy, then, can be used for cellular processes and stored in the form of glucose, which is essential for life on earth since it fuels the metabolic process of cells (Morris & Moat, 2016, p.227). The purpose of this experiment is to separate and analyze photosynthetic pigments and determine the absorption spectrum of spinach

  • Plant Chromatography Essay

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    A line was drawn approximently one centimeter from the triangle. This line represented the “start line” for the experiment. Using the mortar and pestle, a large piece of spinach and 5 ml of 90% isopropyl alcohol was grinded until a thick liquid was created. Chromatography solvent (90% Isopropyl Alcohol) was then placed into a Microcentrifuge tube and eight drops was transferd onto the line of

  • 50 Ml Beaker Lab

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    The 50 mL beaker was filled one third of the way with sodium hydroxide. The base was poured into the buret, and the buret was cleaned with it. The contents were spilled out into the sink. The 125 mL Erlenmeyer flask was washed with distilled water. The contents were spilled out into the sink. The 50 mL beaker was filled with 50 mL of sodium hydroxide. The sodium hydroxide was poured into the buret, it was ensured that the buret read zero. The buret was placed in the buret holder and the Erlenmeyer

  • Determination of the Amount of Acetylsalicyclic Acid in One Tablet of Commercial Aspirin

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    number of moles of acetylsalicyclic acid and its percentage in the commercial aspirin tablet were deduced. (III) Procedure 1. The weight of one tablet of commercial aspirin tablet was measured. 2. The aspirin tablet was grinded into powder by mortar and pestle. Then it was rinsed thoroughly with deionized water and poured into a beaker. (Experimental set up of grinding an aspirin tablet) 3. 25cm3 of 0.2521M NaOH solution, which was in excess so that the equilibrium was driven towards products

  • Leaf Chromatography Lab Report

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    Leaves • Grass • Scissors • Mortar • Pestle • Spatula • Sand • Acetone (10ml In total) • Chromatography paper • Tow pencils • A ruler • Capillary tube • Petroleum ether/acetone ix (9:1) • Gas tube • Tin foil • Bulldog clip • Blue tack • Pipette 1. Cut up a handful of leaves (reasonably small handful) with the scissors and place in the mortar. 2. Add half a spatula (no more) of sand into the mortar with the leaves, and then add 5ml acetone with the pipette into the mortar as well. 3. Carefully grind

  • Vedic Views on Evolution

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    In this article I shall try to dissuade the reader of the popular scientific theory of evolution, through use of scientifically sound facts and some philosophical arguments using the Vedas. The Vedas are a large body of philosophical and religious texts originating from ancient India, writ in Sanskrit verse they are some of the oldest texts ever written. Darwin’s theory of evolution states that all life originated from one spontaneously created, self replicating, asexual, single celled, organism

  • Alum Lab

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    Melting Point Determination of Alum 1. 0.5 g of dry alum was crushed with the mortar and pestle, and then the crushed alum was packed to the bottom the capillary tube. The alum measured about 0.5 cm from the bottom of the tube. Then the tube was fastened to the thermometer with the rubber band, and the thermometer was fastened to the