Essays Tagged: "Bromine"

Our radiant planet - depletion of the ozone layer

planets surface.Humans have damaged the ozone layer by adding molecules containing chlorine and/or bromine that lead to ozone destruction. The largest group among these are chloroflurocarbons (CFC's) ... forming Cl-O and Oxygen. One atom of chlorine can destroy 10,000 ozone molecules! Atoms containing bromine, nitrous oxide, and hydrogen oxide radicals are also primarily dangerous.As a result, the Oz ...

(4 pages) 83 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Bromine: History and Study

that Chlorine, he got all excited, and then he commented that I stank. Maybe that's why he named me Bromine, which is from the Latin root bromos, which means "stench." I don't think that is very nice, ...

(2 pages) 24 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Periodic table

n the curve. E.g. lithium, sodium and potassium appeared on the peaks whilst fluorine, chlorine and bromine appeared just before the peaks. Although Meyer's curves showed a periodic repetition of prop ...

(5 pages) 35 0 4.5 Jun/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Global Warming The greenhouse effect, what exactly is this? The

d with the ozone depletion problem. Ozone depletion is represented by one main factor: chlorine and bromine from halocarbons. The higher these chemicals concentrations, the lower the ozone concentrati ...

(3 pages) 1487 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Characterization of Nucleic Acids

the precipitate was noted.For Wheeler-Johnson Test, ten(10) drops of Barium Hyrdroxide[Ba(OH)2] and Bromine Water placed in a test tube and once the mixture turned red, it was brought to boiling water ... n a test tube and once the mixture turned red, it was brought to boiling water bath to expel excess Bromine. More than ten(10) drops of Barium Hyrdroxide[Ba(OH)2] was added in excess and color change ...

(4 pages) 18 0 4.0 Mar/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Title: Nucleophillic Substitution Reaction

or both SN1 and SN2. This is because bromobenzene is very stable, and contains allylic and vinyllic bromine, which is also very stable, and cannot be a good nucleophile.Bromocyclopentane reacts under ... ster reaction in AgNO3/ethanol reagent, that is SN1. This is because bromocyclopentane is secondary bromine, and have bigger steric strain, since it is a cyclic compound. The bigger steric in a molecu ...

(5 pages) 81 0 3.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Ozone- The Good, Bad, and Ugly

substances have essentially destroyed a part of the stratosphere because they release chlorine and bromine molecules during their breakdown. The chlorine and bromine molecules attack ozone molecules. ...

(4 pages) 14 0 5.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science