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WEBTylenol, Its Structure, Nomenclature, and a Lab Synthesis. Store-Bought Potatoes Treated with Eye-Growth Inhibitor. Olive Oil and Peanut Oil Fat Composition and Percentages. …

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Yum! Cicada Stir Fry

WEBCicada Stir Fry. We cooked up the Cicadas by simply par-boiling, then stir-frying. Set them aside and stir-fry in vegetables of your choice. Jason seasoned these …

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Is Eating Beef Liver Bad for You

WEBA huge excess of Vitamin A is not good. Polar bear and seal liver, for example, are two types of liver we should all avoid. Both are excessively rich in Vitamin …

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Terpenes and Terpenoids: Isoprene Rule

WEBLimonene is a terpenoid cleaning agent. It follows the isoprene rule. Like myrcene, limonene is formed of two isoprene units. However, they are joined in such a way as to form a ring …

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Store-Bought Potatoes Treated with Eye-Growth Inhibitor

WEBStored Potatoes and Eye-Growth Inhibitor. After cleaning and healing wounds from the harvesting process, producers can treat stored potatoes – oftentimes …

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Mono- Di- and Polysaccharides: Starches Sugars Cellulose

WEBThus, we conclude, starches, sugars, and cellulose are not so very different at all. 1 Interestingly, note in the image joining together glucose and fructose, how two alcohol …

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The Indian Strawberry Vs. The Wild Strawberry

WEBIt is the Wild or Woodlands strawberry ( Fragaria vesca ). Differing from the Indian strawberry, the Wild strawberry offers lovely fragrance and rich flavor. Wild …

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What is Hydrogenation

WEBDue to the complexity of the composition of the various vegetable oils, we will consider only two of the major component fatty acids 1 found in vegetable oil – linoleic and oleic acids. …

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What Is It Good For

WEBIt is beautiful. But its beauty is surpassed by its practicality, since it is also the wood highest in BTU level, beating out even black locust. Yes, the Maclura pomifera tree makes the …

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Spin That Egg to See If It is Cooked

WEBYes, spinning an egg indicates if it is cooked and all its contents constitute a single whole. If you do, you will never be left in doubt. Now don’t you agree that science can be useful?

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Carbon Monoxide is More Dangerous than Carbon Dioxide

WEBCarbon monoxide is written simply C≡O. The triple bond is 112.8 picometers. It consists of two polar covalent bonds plus a coordinate covalent bond. Its dissociation energy is …

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Deuterium, Tritium, and Protium

WEBThe ratios of these three forms of hydrogen in the vicinity of the earth is approximately: 99.98% H-1 (protium) 0.016% H-2 (deuterium) <0.01% H-3 (tritium) A 900-MegaHertz …

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Mad Hatters, Felt, and Mercury

WEBThe vats of solution and the drying process generated dangerous levels of mercury fumes. They were a source of chronic poisoning. Chronic mercury poisoning leads to tremors, …

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Locust Bean Gum or Carob

WEBLocust Bean Gum in Food Use. Although it can be employed in a number of other applications, the most familiar use of LBG is for food. Dairy products, sauces, and salad …

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Leaded Gas: Any Ongoing Health Issues to Consider

WEBThe most common of these, used since about 1924, was tetraethyl lead, (C₂H₅)₄Pb. Later, low compression engines became the standard, which minimized the need for octane …

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Armadillo Warning

WEBWarning: Do Not Touch For most U.S. residents, the closest thing to an armadillo with its armor plates is the tiny garden pill bug. The armadillo, notably the nine-banded variety ( …

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Stemonitis Chocolate Brown Slime Mold

WEBStemonitis, while it is not the most toxic of molds, is of serious concern to health conscious individuals. It is most closely associated with decaying wood. This was …

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Epoxide Ring Preparation by Oxidation of Alkenes

WEBA peroxide is unstable and wants to eliminate an oxygen atom anyway. For each molecule of H2O2 used, one O atom is released, giving water, H2O. The reaction is written, H2O2 …

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Pilewort Wildflower or Weed: Does It Have Practical Value

WEBFolk Uses for Pilewort. Every animal and plant has some redeeming value. That truism is not proven false for E. hieraciifolius. For one thing, the white hairs of the plant can be …

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