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offline D-Steak from Kansas City, Mo. (United States) on 2003-11-06 13:24 [#00937981]
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I need to make a poster thing for my Chemistry class.

The topic is Risk vs Benefit of certain chemicals.

An example would be Createen (sp?), but i cant use that cuz
its already been takin.

Any ideas?


 

offline Erronous from Netherlands, The on 2003-11-06 13:40 [#00938002]
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you mean like,

alcohol
risk: drunk
benefit: drunk


 

offline D-Steak from Kansas City, Mo. (United States) on 2003-11-06 13:41 [#00938007]
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thats kinda what i was thinking

the risk v benefit of weed

risk : youll sit on yer ass and listen to some good tunes
instead of doing school work.

benefit : youll sit on yer ass and listen to some good tunes
instead of doing school work.


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-11-06 14:27 [#00938073]
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urea is a facinating chemical.

if you want a serious suggestion anyway...


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2003-11-06 14:32 [#00938081]
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urea is the most simple amino acid is it not? i know you can
also use it in the dying process of materials. ah good old a
level chemistry served a purpose after all.


 

offline D-Steak from Kansas City, Mo. (United States) on 2003-11-06 14:40 [#00938093]
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interesting evolume, can you tell me a little more about it?


 

offline nobsmuggler from silly mid-off on 2003-11-06 15:03 [#00938119]
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caustic soda


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-11-06 15:40 [#00938160]
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well, urea is virtually infinitely soluable in water.
therefore, many animals have utilized it in waste excretion.
Humans use it to get rid of waste products in the form of
urine. birds, unable to carry around as much water as
humans, use it in the form of uric acid which is essentially
a super concentrated form of urine.

just do a little reading, i imagine there are piles of
websites devoted to urea, it seriously is a really
interesting chemical.

lots of benifits and the risk i suppose would be that it can
be quite corrosive or caustic..(i can't remember officially
which term is more accurate in this case) for example, when
a bird shits on your car, you should wash that shit off
before it eats away at your shit and shit.

shit yeah


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2003-11-06 15:46 [#00938173]
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caustic soda is also a great chemical. otherwise known as
sodium hydroxide. it's excellent for use in adjusting pH in
buffer solutions, being a strong base. It is also excellent
for cleaning and disinfecting. but it has huge risks. i
was once subject to a minor chemical burn at work. I was
cleaning a 5000 liter heat tank with 20% sodium hydroxide
when a valve blew and i was doused from head to toe with it.
I sustained 1st degree chemical burns over most of my face
and hands. a layer of skin peeled off and i had a
strawberry-like rash for about 3 or 4 days. luckily i got
it hosed off before i was burned more seriously.

it was kinda funny really, like that episode of the simpsons
where Raniere Wolfcastle is getting doused with that river
of acid and he's screaming, "Ze goggles do nothing!" i was
wearing goggles. it kept most of the stuff out of my eyes
but i still got burned on the rest of my face.

Gotta love the Biotech business.


 

offline D-Steak from Kansas City, Mo. (United States) on 2003-11-06 16:02 [#00938206]
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wow, im glad you didnt lose any more layers of skin then you
already did.

cool, thanks for the tips, ima check that out.


 


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