A. Enzyme
Enzymes
are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions and affect the speed of
the reaction but did not participate in the reaction. Enzymes act as biocatalicator. The enzyme has the following properties:• Speed up the chemical reaction• Work in a typical (specific), meaning that each enzyme only works for one compound (substrate) certain• Only work on a specific range of temperature and pH• Damaged temperature is too high or too low• The chemical has not changed by the reaction where the enzyme works• Can work commute
Factors that affect the working of enzymes:a. temperaturesAt the optimum temperature, the enzyme activity is very good. If the temperature is too low the reaction to be slow, and if the temperature is too high enzyme will be damaged.
b. pH
Enzymes work well at optimum pH. The state of acids and bases that are too high to inhibit the activity of enzymes.
c. The concentration of the enzyme and substrateIf
too little enzyme and the substrate is too much, the reaction will be
slow and there is even a substrate which is not catalyzed. The more the enzyme reaction will be faster.
d. Inhibitor enzymeIf the inhibitor is added to the mixture of enzyme and substrate, the reaction rate will drop.
B. Enzyme Catalase and Hydrogen Peroxide
• The enzyme catalase
The
enzyme catalase is one of the types of enzymes that are common in the
cells of living creatures, one of which is a plant cell. The enzyme catalase is an enzyme decomposers hydrogen peroxide which is toxic and is a waste or byproduct of metabolism. If H2O2 are not broken down by this enzyme, it will cause death in plant cells. Therefore, this enzyme works to remodel H2O2 into harmless substances, namely in the form of water and oxygen. In
addition to work specifically on certain substrates, enzymes also are
thermolabile (susceptible to temperature changes) as well as a class of
protein compounds. The effect of temperature is obvious, because it can damage the enzyme and make denatured protein like most
• Hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogen
peroxide H2O2 chemical formula invented by Louis Jacques Thenard in
1818. This compound is an inorganic chemicals which have strong
oxidizing properties. Raw material for making hydrogen peroxide is hydrogen gas (H2) and oxygen gas (O2). The technology is widely used in the auto industry is the oxidation of hydrogen peroxide Anthraquinone. H2O2 is a colorless, odorless typical bit of acidity, and dissolve well in water. Under
normal conditions (ambient conditions), hydrogen peroxide is very
stable with decomposition rate of approximately less than 1% per year. The
majority of the use of hydrogen peroxide is to utilize and manipulate
the decomposition reaction, which essentially produces oxygen. At
this stage of the production of hydrogen peroxide, the chemical
stabilizer material is usually added for the purpose of inhibiting the
rate of decomposition. Including decomposition occurs during hydrogen peroxide product in storage. In addition to producing oxygen, hydrogen peroxide decomposition reaction also produces water (H2O) and heat. decomposition exothermic reaction that occurs is as follows: H2O2 H2O + 1 / 2O2 + 23:45 kcal / mol
Factors that affect the hydrogen peroxide decomposition reaction is:1.Material certain organic, such as alcohol and gasoline2.Catalis, such as Pd, Fe, Cu, Ni, Cr, Pb, Mn3.Temperature, hydrogen peroxide decomposition reaction rate increased
by 2.2 x each increase of 10°C (the temperature range 20-100°C)
4.surface container uneven (active surface)5.solid were suspended, such as particles of dust or other impurities6.very high pH (more alkaline) the higher the decomposition rate7.Radiation, especially the radiation of light with short wavelengths
C. The liver in general
The liver is the largest organ in us. In adults weighing up to approximately 1.3 kg. Divided into two lobes, the left and right. In addition to large in size, the liver also had a great role. He
was involved in the digestion process, plays a role in hundreds of
different chemical reactions of the body, and also serves as a storage
organ. The
main function of the liver is to collect blood from the
gastrointestinal tract through the hepatic circulation and enter a
variety of chemical substances the body into it before it is released
back to the other body parts. The chemical substances produced by millions of liver cells known as hepatocytes. Hepatocytes was submerged in a pool of blood coming from the gastrointestinal tract. That's how the exchange of substances between blood and liver cells. Liver function is not fully understood. Some functions of the organ are:
-This Setting blood sugar levels-Metabolism fat-Metabolism protein-Storage vitamin-Storage mineral-Production bile-Detoxification-Recycling hormone
SCIENCE
Minggu, 18 Desember 2016
Sabtu, 18 Juni 2016
Definition of trinitrotoluene TNT Materials and Function Usefulness
What it is and what it does TNT
Trinitrotoluene
(TNT, or Trotyl) are the aromatic hydrocarbons pale yellow sting that melt at a
temperature of 354 K (178 ° F, 81 ° C). Trinitrotoluene is explosive used alone
or mixed,
for example in Torpex, Tritonal, Composition B or Amatol. TNT is prepared by nitration of toluene C6H5CH3; chemical formula C6H2 (NO2) 3CH3, and IUPAC name 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene.
for example in Torpex, Tritonal, Composition B or Amatol. TNT is prepared by nitration of toluene C6H5CH3; chemical formula C6H2 (NO2) 3CH3, and IUPAC name 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene.
The process of formation of TNT
Making the TNT
can be made by nitration of the toluene with a mixture of nitric acid and
sulfuric acid. This stage requires a mixture of acid in high concentrations and
is free of SO3.
Trinitrotoluene
(TNT, or Trotyl) is a crystalline pale yellow aromatic hydrocarbons which melt
at a temperature of 354 K (178 ° F, 81 ° C). Trinitrotoluene is explosive used
alone or mixed, for example in Torpex, Tritonal, Composition B or Amatol. TNT
is prepared by nitration of toluene C6H5CH3; chemical formula C6H2 (NO2) 3CH3,
and IUPAC name 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene.
Chemical formula:
C7H5N3O6 or C6H2 (NO2) 3CH3
TNT stands for Tri-Nitro-Toluene. Obtained from the addition of the element nitrogen (N) in Toluene compound. N element is bonded to three feet Toluene. That is where he got the name "Tri" meaning three. Nitrogen additions process is called nitration.
Trinitrotoluene (TNT)
In the industry, TNT is synthesized in three
steps. First,
toluene nitrated with a mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid to produce
mono-nitrotoluene or MNT. MNT
is separated and then in the nitration back to form dinitrotoluene or DNT. In
the final stage, DNT nitrated form trinitrotoluene or TNT using an anhydrous
mixture of nitric acid and oleum.
Nitric acid consumed for industrial processes, but the dilute sulfuric acid can be reused. After nitration, TNT is stabilized by a process called sulphitation, where crude TNT is treated with a solution of sodium sulfite and to eliminate isomer TNT and unwanted reaction products.
Nitric acid consumed for industrial processes, but the dilute sulfuric acid can be reused. After nitration, TNT is stabilized by a process called sulphitation, where crude TNT is treated with a solution of sodium sulfite and to eliminate isomer TNT and unwanted reaction products.
Rinse water from sulphitation known as red water and is a significant pollutant and is a waste product from the manufacture of TNT.
usefulness TNT
The
use of TNT is as explosives or as raw material maker of explosives such as
dynamite. But
TNT explosives Secondary still classed as fuel rather less power than other
types of explosives such as Nitro Glycerin and so forth.
The major use as an explosive.
Special uses, TNT with modifications adapted to
the purpose.
Used also as a measure of the strength of other
explosives.
Rabu, 15 Juni 2016
New Findings Particle Physics Experiments
Results prestigious physics experiment involving a University of
Michigan professor seems to confirm the strange discovery 20 years who guide
the existence of a new elementary particle that is the fourth aspect of
neutrinos.
The new results further explain a violation of
fundamental symmetry of the universe which states that particles of antimatter
behave in the same way as materials balancer. Similarly, as reported by Physorg.
Neutrinos are neutral elementary particles produced in
the radioactive decay of other particles. "Aspects"
are known from electron neutrino is a neutral balance and its relatives are
heavier muon and tau. Without
taking into account aspects of the origin of neutrinos, particles are
constantly changing from one type to another in a phenomenon called
"neutrino oscillation aspects".
An electron neutrino might become a muon neutrino, and
then into an electron neutrino again. Previously,
scientists believed the existence of three aspects of the neutrino. In
the Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment, dubbed MiniBooNE, researchers detected
more oscillations are only possible if there are more than three aspects.
"These results imply that there are new particles or
forces we have not yet imagined," said Byron Roe, who is a distinguished
retired professor at the Physics Section, and author of a paper on the results
newly published in Physical Review Letters.
"The
simplest explanation involves adding new particles such as neutrinos, or
sterile neutrinos that do not have the normal weak interactions."
All
three types of neutrino interact with matter primarily through the weak nuclear
force which makes them difficult to detect. Hypothesized that this fourth
aspect would not interact through the weak force which makes it even more
difficult to find.
The
existence of sterile neutrinos could help explain the composition of the
universe, said William Louis, who is a scientist at Los Alamos National
Laboratory which was once a doctoral student at UM and is involved in the
MiniBooNE experiment.
"Physicists
and astronomers were looking for sterile neutrinos because they could explain
in part or even the whole dark matter of the universe," said Louis.
"Sterile neutrinos could also possibly help explain the matter asymmetry
of the universe, or why the universe is basically composed of matter rather
than antimatter."
MiniBooNE
experiment is a collaboration among some 60 researchers from various
institutions, held at Fermilab to check the results of the experiment Liquid
Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) at Los Alamos National Laboratory which
started in 1990. The LSND was the first to detect more neutrino oscillations
than predicted by the standard model.
The
preliminary results MiniBooNE a few years ago based on data from a neutrino
beam (as opposed to an antineutrino beam), did not support the LSND results.
Nonetheless, LSND experiments conducted using an antineutrino beam, so it was
the next step for MiniBooNE.
The
new results are based on the first three years of data from an antineutrino
beam, and tells a different story than the previous results. MiniBooNE
antineutrino beam data does support the LSND invention, and the fact that the
MiniBooNE experiments produced different results for antineutrinos instead of
neutrinos, in particular surprising physicists.
"The
fact that we see this effect in antineutrinos and not in neutrinos makes it
even more strange," Roe said. "This result means necessary even more
serious addition to the standard model we than had been thought from the first
LSND result."
These
results seem to violate "the content parity symmetry" of the universe
which states that the laws of physics apply in the same way for particles and
antiparticles their equalizer. Violations of this symmetry have been seen in
some decomposition rare, but not with neutrinos, Roe said.
While
these results are statistically significant and do support the LSND discovery,
the researchers physicists reminded that they need results in a longer period
or additional experiments before they are allowed to disqualify the standard
model predictions.
Selasa, 14 Juni 2016
Definition and Process Ammonification
Ammonification is an important step in the nitrogen cycle, the natural
cycle of the earth which makes the supply of these essential elements became
available for living organisms.
This is done by a variety of microorganisms found in soil
and water, which break down proteins and amino acids in plants and animals die,
and dirt, releasing ammonia, which is usually stored in the soil or water in
the form of ammonium ions.
The groups other microorganisms turn it into nitrate,
which can be absorbed by plants, keeping the cycle. Ammonification It is therefore essential for all plant and animal life
on this planet. In
the field of agriculture and horticulture, the addition of compost and manure
into the soil to provide an additional source of nitrogen for ammonification.
Nitrogen is essential to all life forms as needed for
amino acids, proteins and DNA; However,
although many in the atmosphere, it can not be absorbed directly in the form of
the element by most organisms.
Several types of soil bacteria are capable of trapping
nitrogen atmosphere - a process known as nitrogen fixation - and combine it
with hydrogen to produce ammonia, which is then oxidized by nitrification
bacteria to nitrite and then nitrate. Elemental
form that can be absorbed by plants and converted into amino acids, which are
linked together to form proteins.
These compounds are returned to the soil when the plants,
or animals that eat them and die and through animal waste, but most organisms
can not absorb and process them: they must first be broken down into a form
suitable.
Ammonification is a process - undertaken by a variety of
microorganisms - which break down proteins, amino acids, and other
nitrogen-containing compounds in dead organic matter and waste to form ammonia.
Protein
is first split into amino acids, which are compounds that contain amine groups
(NH2) by bacteria use enzymes known as proteases. Amino
acids, and other compounds with an amine group, such as nucleic acids and urea,
then decomposed by microorganisms known as ammonifying bacteria, releasing
ammonia (NH3). It
is soluble in water, and typically form the ammonium ion (NH4 +), by combining
with hydrogen ions (H +), which is abundant in most soils. This
ammonium is oxidized to nitrite and nitrate by nitrification bacteria, in the
same way as nitrogen that has been "fixed" from the atmosphere.
Senin, 13 Juni 2016
Sodium benzoate: Definition, chemical formula, utilities and danger
Discussion sodium benzoate is
limited in terms of sodium benzoate, sodium benzoate chemical formula, the use
of sodium benzoate and sodium benzoate danger. It seems we are hard to be
separated from the chemicals on this one. Therefore, we should know a lot about
the ins and outs of sodium benzoate.
Definition
of Sodium Benzoate
Sodium
benzoate is the sodium salt is used as a food preservative. But actually there
is a chemical that occurs naturally in some foods. These chemicals are often
found in processed foods or beverages such as soda, fruit juice, vinegar,
medicines, cosmetics, dyes or the industry. These chemicals are often added to
some foods, such as sauces to extend the shelf life. Sodium benzoate can also
be used to stop the fermentation process in drinks, such as wine. By
understanding the ins and outs of these chemicals allow you to be able to
decide when to use these chemicals and when not to use it. Because in addition
to the benefits offered, there are also side effects.
Chemical formula Sodium Benzoate:
Usefulness Sodium Benzoate
Sodium benzoate can be found in a variety of substances, both naturally and as a chemical additive.
Sodium benzoate can be found in a variety of substances, both naturally and as a chemical additive.
1. Food
Many
fruits such as berries, plums, apples or cranberries naturally contain sodium
benzoate with a relatively low level. However, most people who consumed these
chemicals because of the use of preservatives in processed foods. About 75
percent of people can taste bitter, salty, sodium benzoate is added to the
diet. Sometimes these chemicals tastes sweet. Foods most often contain
chemicals are soft drinks. Although sodium benzoate is not considered toxic and
no adverse health effects, but the FDA currently prohibits sodium benzoate to
be added to the food. The maximum allowed is 0.1 percent.
2. Other
In addition to acting as a
food preservative, these chemicals are also used to extend the shelf life of
toothpaste, deodorant, mouthwash, shampoo, lotions, ointments, syrups or pills.
These chemicals are used to prevent the growth of bacteria or an inhibitor that
can prevent metal corrosion. Metal cans containing cleaners or liquid food to
be coated sodium benzoate so that the metal is not subject to corrosion.
Machines such as the vehicle's engine is also covered by these chemicals for
the same reason.
Dangers of Sodium
Benzoate
Health
Protection Branch of Canada (Health Protection Branch of Canada) and the
administration of food and drugs - drugs (the Food and Drug Administration)
states that sodium benzoate is safe to consume in small doses, but not in combination
with ascorbic acid, otherwise known as citric acid or vitamin C, as this will
produce a carcinogenic substance, namely benzene.
This
carcinogenic substances believed to cause the cell death, damage to
mitochondria in cells, damage DNA, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD) or leukemia. The
study results also showed that the food coloring material combines with sodium
benzoate can cause children to become hyperactive. The
effects caused by consuming soda, which its benzene content results in higher
than other food or beverages.
Regulation of the Use of Sodium Benzoate in Foods
Regulation of the Use of Sodium Benzoate in Foods
During
the 2005 study, the FDA investigated 200 soft drinks and similar beverages to
determine its level of benzene. Most
meet FDA requirements and found only 10 drinks with benzene levels higher than
recommended.
Because
consumers pay attention to the side effects of these chemicals, beverage
manufacturers in the United States are no longer using coloring materials in its
products. Similar efforts are also applicable to the 'Foods Standards Agency
Board' in the UK began in 2009.
Reduce Consumption of Sodium Benzoate
If
you are concerned with the health of Sodium Benzoate yourself this, it is
advisable to read the labels of food or drink with caution. Note
any product containing benzoic acid, benzene or benzoate, and give more
attention to the content of citric acid compounds, ascorbic acid and vitamin C.
Limiting the intake of processed fruit juice (ie processed fruit juice instead
of fruit juice naturally) or soft drinks can also help to
reduce this risk, especially for children who may be susceptible to ADHD.
From
the above explanation it is stated that sodium benzoate is safe for consumption
in low levels unless combined with ascorbic acid or dyes. Because
the combination will produce benzene compounds that are carcinogenic.
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