Hydrogen-atoms; and, the simultaneously loss of oxygen-atoms, is known as reduction. Oxidising agent is a chemical that releases oxygen atoms. For example, potassium chlorate has a chemical formula of KClO3. When it oxidizes a reducing agent, such as powdered aluminium metal, it loses its oxygen to the aluminium and becomes potassium chloride, KCl. It is also referred to as a chemical that accepts electrons from a reducing agent. For example, potassium permanganate has an oxidation state of +7. In acid solution
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The goal of every business is simple, increase customer satisfaction, generate more revenue and maximize profits and every organization tries to get a competitive advantage. Competitive advantage is an advantage that an organization has over its competitors, allowing it to generate more sales or margin’s and retain more customers than its competition. Companies invest their profits in: * Research and development (R & d) to get competitive edge. Research and development plays a very important
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conducted experiment ,we recommend the following for futher improvements. To have better results of extraction, suggest that there would be longer minutes of boiling. We also recommend that one should make use of a large amount of cornstarch, a thickening agent, so the application of ink would be done easier. Instead of directly placing your desired amount of cornstarch in the mixture above low fire, it would better to dissolve it first in cold or warm water to avoid forming lumps. We still recommend
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Monsanto Company not ethically culture to the stakeholders. Before the year 2000 Monsanto was untrusted to the stakeholder because of their chemical products. In 1970s, Monsanto produced Agent Orange which harmed many people in the rustles. Because of that reputation and safety concern Monsanto lost more than $1.7 billion and down to $8 a share from the stakeholder. However, after 2003 the new CEO changed the company from chemical product to food product called genetically modified food (GM). Although
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However, we’re on the verge of creating super-intelligence, which unlike the AI in the previous examples wouldn’t be user dependent, making the machine par or maybe even superior to humans. There are many risks to that. Bostorm, the director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, Predicted a machine programmed to make as many paper clips as possible, he called “the paper-clip maximizer”. He envisions that if this machine ever became incredibly intelligent, it would then decide
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Agent Orange Veterans who served anywhere in Vietnam between January 9th, 1962 and May 7th, 1975 are presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was a powerful mixture of chemical defoliants used by the U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover for North Vietnam and Vietnam troops. It was also used for crops. Agent Orange contained Chemical dioxin, which was the most commonly use of herbicide mixtures and was the most effective. 19 million gallons were
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Does Rancidity, As Measured by Peroxide Value, Affect Animal Performance? C. R. Hamilton, Ph. D.1 and D. Kirstein, M.S.2 Darling international Inc. Rancidity refers to the oxidative state of fats, which is a characteristic that may have nutritional relevance and, in extreme cases, affect the well being of poultry and livestock. However, these effects are poorly understood. Most tolerances and standards used to evaluate animal feeds and ingredients for rancidity are derived from human thresholds
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Artist Management Agreement When to Use This Document: The following contract is an example of a management agreement between an artist’s personal manager and an artist. Such agreements are always subject to extensive negotiation, which may vary, based on individual circumstances applying to both the manager and the artist. Factors such as pre-existing success on the part of the artist, or other artist management commitments on the part of the manager should help guide negotiations with respect
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in St. Louis, Missouri. The company’s first product was artificial sweetener. At the start of World War 1, company leader realized the growth opportunities of industrial chemicals. In 1970’s, Monsanto had produced a chemical known as Agent Orange. Agent Orange contained dioxin; a chemical that caused a legal nightmare for Monsanto, a lawsuit was filed against Monsanto on behalf of hundreds of veterans. The repercussions of dioxin would plague the company for years. In 1981 Monsanto leaders
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1.1 (a) intelligence – means to have the knowledge to learn and understand different situations. (b) artificial intelligence – the ability of a computer or robot to act like a human and make decisions based on pre-defined rules. (c) agent – is the entity that is doing the actions, it can interact with the environment, change it, and learn from it. (d) rationality – is the ability of doing the right thing based on what it already knows or has learned from the environment. (e) logical
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