Blog Update No.2 (Hong Ngo)

I agree with Ross’ blog because it is true that we get energy from the chemical reaction in our body. Last year, my biology teacher told me that ”human are bags of chemicals”. We also get chemical reaction from food. Everyday, we all have chemical reaction in our body. Metabolism is a process that happens in our body after we eat. That process helps us to break down food to convert into energy. Not only the human body stays alive through that chemical reaction, but also plants.

There are alot of chemical reaction in our body to keep it balance or else….we can’t live or even breath.

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/metabolism.html#

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/bio_metabolism.html

Blog Update No.2 (Jim Atchue)

I would like to further elaborate on Bran’s idea of chemistry and water. Specifically I would like to touch upon certain ways of cleaning water to make it drinkable. About or less than 1% of all water on the earth is drinkable and can be used in cooking foods. Certain chemistry methods take undrinkable water and make it for use for the human body. Lugol’s Iodine solution has been used in all ways since 1829, and commonly contains a mix of elemental iodine and potassium iodine. Its first application was the disinfecting of water in sanitation conditions and now currently has a similar solution to clean water for the application of drinking water.

http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Da-En/Drinking-Water-and-Society.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugol%27s_iodine

Blog Update No. 2 (Matthew Thomas Heiser)

In the first blog I like how jill pointed out the importance of chemistry in the making of medicine. As populations in the world increases, disease break outs are becoming the norm. Scientists have to keep researching and experimenting to get an edge over illnesses. Based on chemistry, scientists are looking more towards organic methods to preserve what elements are left in this period of global warming. Organic Chemistry Guide: Organic compounds, formulas, isomers, Nomenclature, Reactions kinetics and mechanisms, Spectroscopy & more.OrganicChemistry525.jpg

Blog Update #2 (Emily Barbato)

Reading Hong’s first blog post about how without chemistry we would not be able to satisfy our daily needs made me think.  She touched upon the topic of food.  To the average american we look at food and think about eating it, but do you ever think how it got there?  Through many chemical reactions food is transformed from a simple plant or animal to something we can enjoy eating.  Without the process of chemistry we would not be able to grow, harvest, cook, or eat anything.  This is one of many daily needs that we would not be capable of living without.  This shows how important chemistry is to our world and everything in it.

Blog Update No.2 (Trevor O’Sullivan)

I would like to comment on Bran’s idea of chemistry and how if effects water, but I would like to talk about a different way it is helpful in water. I read an intersesting article on how chemistry is in swimming pools and how if effects the different chemicles you need to put in it. Like combining differrent chemicles, and adding to much of something can throw off the whole prodject, the chemistry of the chemicles in a pool are fragile. A little more or a little less of a chemicle can make your swimming pool cloudy and stainable to anything that touches it.

When you combine your chemicles they need to be precise and perfect for your pool to be clear. Just like when you are combining chemicles in the lab. The amounts have to be perfect to avoid problems.

Blog Update No.2 (Emily Callahan)

I liked Brandon Revelli’s blog post because it touched upon how chemistry relates to environmental science. Chemistry impacts the environment in a positive and negative way, emitting harmful chemicals into nature, and for helping in creating more useful ways of conserving the environment. In some of the prevalent industries, toxic waste and other pullutants are being poured into the environment, harming the earth in many different ways. On the other hand, Chemisty is helping create new ways to preserve the important biological factors.