Periodic Table Expands!!!

Scientists have decided to add two more elements to the periodic table. These elements do not have a name, so they are recognized as elements 114 and 116. They were created by a group of chemists and physcists by basically smashing two atoms together. You will not be able to see these elements in any way because element 114 disinigrates in seconds and element 116 stays for a fraction of a second. Now there are 114 elements in the periodic table. Elements 113 and 115 are still being worked on and are not official.

Most Dangerous Venomous/Poisonous Organisms on Our Planet

Resource: http://sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/the-most-poisonousvenomous-animals-in-the-world/

Let's be honest. Humans aren't the only living and thinking organisms that have learned how to make a living being die within seconds or make it the most agonizing death of all time. One of these wild killers are the Box Jellyfish. The Box Jellyfish is so crazy venomous that if you are stung by it, you can pretty say, "Goodbye cruel world.". To put it sadly this would be true. There had been also been about five thousand deaths that they had caused. If there are survivors though, rather unlikely, you will be feeling for weeks or months to come. Another dangerous animal that has harnessed the power of chemical warfare is the King Cobra. The King Cobra's venom when ejected into a blood stream of an adult male will kill him by fifteen minutes. The venom injected is more than the Black Mamba's which is around more than six hundred mg of venom. The venom is even capable of killing a full grown elephant within thirty to forty-five minutes. This is a pretty big deal seeing as the elephant is ginormous and the snake is most likely around eight times smaller. Size doesn't matter? I'm not sure how to put to it.

These animals are pretty dangerous and I think its much a benefit to know what they are capable of. I hope this article gets to many readers since it was well written and it was very interesting to learn about these deadly killers. I hope people can be more informed on this subject so to know where not to go on vacation.

Cigarettes are Terrible!

Resource: http://www.quit-smoking-stop.com/harmful-chemicals-in-cigarettes.html

I hope you had already learned that cigarettes or smoking is bad in general. There over 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes and 50 are confirmed to cause cancer. There are a few important chemicals in cigarettes that we can all relate to. Cigarettes are also one of the few products capable of selling that has been led to cause cancer and kill people over time. One of the chemicals is Benzene. Benzene is a colorless cyclic hydrocarbon from coal and petroleum. Another chemical is formaldehyde. It is a colorless liquid that is used to preserve the dead. The chemical is highly poisonous and yet it is found in cigarettes. Ammonia is found as well, and it is mostly found in dry cleaning liquids. They use it as a flavoring. Another related chemical is Acetone. Acetone is found in nail polish remover. Another important chemical, possibly the most important is nicotine. It is used as insecticide and one of the most addictive chemicals known to man. It can be used medically or a deadly poison, and it is what causes the addiction.

I believe this is an informative web page. I think it gives the known or related chemicals someone could easily relate to what everyday product. I believe a more informed citizen is a better citizen, I think this is a good article for the internet.

The Chemistry Behind Red Bull

Red Bull
Red Bull, no not a male cow that happens to be unexplainably red. I’m talking about the energy drink, the one that gives you “wings”. Most people don’t put much thought about what they’re in-taking when they drink this drink, but there is a chemistry behind it and I’m going to tell you what it is! C12H22O11, sugar, is a content of this drink, 27 grams of it to be exact. It’s a pretty common thing for sugar to give you that boost, but there’s more to Red Bull and it’s wings than just that. Another chemical in it is one that your body can produce, it’s called Glucuronolactone and has a chemical formula of C6H8O6 (600mg per can). It is a precursor of the next thing in Red Bull, Taurine, which has a chemical formula of C2H7NO3S (1000mg per can). The Taurine can actually help hypertentension, that is being learned and studied, and also is lowering blood-pressure. There is also caffine in this drink, about 80mgs of it per every can. That itself gives us a little boost. Then we mix in the B6Vitamins. All of its chemical ingredients are either already found in our body helping us stay awake and reactive or have been tested on their own to help keep things alert and ready. However, mix them together in an apple flavored drink, you get Red Bull. One of the most popular energy drinks yet. When the chemicals are mixed together amongst the caffeine and B6 Vitamins, there’s a reaction, safe for us to drink, and bonded together to give us a good wake up call and keep us going. However, at some point most of us all do suffer a crash from this jittery boost of energy. A dysfunction in the chemical structure and reactants? Or is it just something our body can’t handle? There’s also more to what this Taurine in it does for us, it can reduce the urinary tract infections and helps build and maintain muscle mass. This group of chemicals that we can consume, is a well choice, more beneficial from the taurine than soda or coffee, so maybe soon doctors will encourage us to take it. Just not too much of it. Too much of anything, isn’t always a good thing.



Resource: http://scienceblogs.com/retrospectacle/2006/06/pop_science_the_chemisty_behin.php

Chemistry in video games 2: copper chloride

There is normally fire present in a video game, in the video game "Fallout: New Vegas", there are also fires. There is a certain item in particular that is more associated with this theme: a flame thrower, or as it is commonly revered to in the game: "the flamer". A normal flamer is like any other flame thrower, it spits fire; but there is a special type of flamer available in the game inventory: "the cleansing flame" a flame thrower that spits blue fire! In real life blue flames can be created by adding copper chloride solution, it can be implied that the fuel use in the cleansing flame contains copper chloride as it spits blue flames.

-I used the cleansing flame in the game and thought that the blue fire was really cool, but when I was attacked by assassins set out to terminate me I use the weapon but it wasn't very affective, I would've died if I hadn't switched to another one of my special weapons, but it was still cool to see blue fire.

Chemistry in video games 1

There can be many references in video games as the designers need inspiration, one inspiration that can be found in numerous games is chemistry. One such game is the story of a man working a job as a bike courier who was caught in a massive explosion and survived, the game inFAMOUS. He later found out that he could control electricity, or in chemical terms, nitrogen dioxide. The man's name is Cole Mcgrath, a conduit of nitrogen dioxide who uses nitrogen dioxide to lessen a criminal's oxygen supply or at tact innocent beings that are 75% H2O (depending on the choice of the player). A man who is dependent on nitrogen dioxide or else he will grow weak and possibly die, a man who is capable of summoning a huge bolt of nitrogen dioxide from the sky and tear apart the metals of the earth

-This is a very interesting game that brings about the possibility of super powers.

Most Dangerous Element??

Resource: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem99/chem99367.htm

There are a few dangerous elements that this source points out. One of them is plutonium. Plutonium used to make a nuclear bomb is put into a fine dust. It creates alpha radiation and a tiny bit of this dust is enough to give someone lung cancer when inhaled. It is handled with a gigantic amount of care. Another element that is dangerous is mercury. If you work in chemistry, people may run into it. Mercury at room temperature becomes an extremely deadly vapor that can cause long term brain damage. This is a reason thermometers are cleaned up quick. A deadly element that can be put in circulation is most likely lead. It can found in leaded gasoline and it can cause brain damage in children.

I believe this article only gave a few examples and should give more. It didn't satisfy me in a knowledgeable stand point. I think it was an average grade type of article. I also believe an informed person is better than a clueless one. This could be one way to help the public avoid anything extremely dangerous that people may have forgotten.