Latest Acid Stories
Andreas Hoffman calculates buffer factor for water in the River Schelde and in the oceanA wide range of chemical and microbiological processes influence the acidity of natural waters. Dutch researcher Andreas Hofmann has developed a new method for accurately determining the acidity of water. This can be used to simultaneously view different chemical processes, and the effect of each process on the pH value can also be determined.Hofmann tested his method at various locations, such as the...
GLENDALE, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Stops Acid Reflux, a new product from Caleb Treeze Organic Farm instantly eliminates Acid Reflux. If you are one of the millions of people that suffer from acid reflux, food regurgitation and heartburn regularly, you are in luck. With just a small dose of the Stops Acid Reflux formula this pain and discomfort can be put to rest in about one minute. In simple terms, acid reflux, food regurgitation and heartburn are caused by gas in both the stomach...
GLENDALE, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Caleb Treeze Organic Farm announces the release of Stops Acid Reflux, a product that instantly eliminates Acid Reflux. Nearly everyone suffers from acid reflux, food regurgitation and heartburn at one time or another. With just a small dose of the Stops Acid Reflux formula the pain and discomfort can be put to rest in about one minute. Simply put, acid reflux, food regurgitation and heartburn are caused by gas in both the stomach and upper part of...
Scientists have reported the discovery of formic acid at record levels in a meteorite that splashed into Tagish Lake in Canada in 2000.Formic acid is the simplest carboxylic acid. It is rich in carbon, and it has been linked to the origin of life. It is commonly found on Earth in the venom of bee and ant stings.Scientists reported that the meteorite revealed four times more formic acid than previously recorded in other meteorite samples.Researchers told BBC News that the cold temperatures of...
Scientists in the US and Germany have discovered two of the most complex molecules ever to be found in space, and their scientific models imply that even larger molecules, such as amino acids, may also exist.Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, Cornell University in the US, and the University of Cologne in Germany have reported the discovery of ethyl formate and n-propyl cyanide in space.Using the IRAM 30 m telescope in Spain, the team discovered...
WASHINGTON, April 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DuPont and Lucite International Inc. have agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle Clean Air Act violations at a sulfuric acid plant in Belle, W. Va., the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of West Virginia announced today. The sulfuric acid plant is located on a 100-acre chemical manufacturing complex along the Kanawha River. The plant is owned by Lucite and operated by DuPont. The...
A U.S. biological oceanographer says acidification could be causing a slow-motion destruction of ocean ecosystems. Victoria Fabry, a visiting researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, said tests show just 48 hours of exposure to slightly corrosive seawater causes mollusc shells to start to dissolve. The university said increasing levels of carbon dioxide could spell ecological disaster to industries dependent on the seas. About a third of...
NASA scientists analyzing the dust of meteorites have discovered new clues to a long-standing mystery about how life works on its most basic, molecular level."We found more support for the idea that biological molecules, like amino acids, created in space and brought to Earth by meteorite impacts help explain why life is left-handed," said Dr. Daniel Glavin of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "By that I mean why all known life uses only left-handed versions...
The Bellaire, Ohio, water department is warning residents to avoid contact with tap water after hydrochloric acid was mistakenly added to the system. Kirk Baker, superintendent of the water department water department said Monday emergency crews were at the city water treatment plant after a supplier mistakenly gave the plant hydrochloric acid instead of fluoride, WTOV-TV, Steubenville, Ohio, reported Monday. Baker said about 40 pounds of the acid was added to the water supply by workers...
Scientists at Penn State University and the Virginia Commonwealth University have discovered a way to produce hydrogen by exposing selected clusters of aluminum atoms to water. The findings are important because they demonstrate that it is the geometries of these aluminum clusters, rather than solely their electronic properties, that govern the proximity of the clusters' exposed active sites. The proximity of the clusters' exposed sites plays an important role in affecting the clusters'...
Latest Acid Reference Libraries
Acid rain is any form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that is possesses high levels of hydrogen ions. It can have harmful effects on aquatic animals, plants, and infrastructure. Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water molecules within the atmosphere to produce acids. Nitrogen oxides can be produced naturally by lightening strikes. Sulfur dioxide can be produced naturally by volcanic eruptions. The chemicals that are...
In chemistry, salt is a general term used for ionic compounds composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. These ions can be inorganic (Cl-) as well as organic (CH3-COO-) and monoatomic (F-) as well as polyatomic ions (SO42-). Solutions of salts in water are called electrolytes. Electrolytes as well as molten salts conduct electricity. Zwitterions are salts that contain an anionic center and a cationic...
