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Day 1 Flashcards

1
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New water quality guidelines and effluent standards

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DAO-2016-08

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2
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Old Water Quality Guidelines

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DAO 34

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3
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General Effluent Standards

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DAO 35

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4
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salinity of freshwater

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< 500 ppm

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5
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salinity of marine waters

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< 30 ppt

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6
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chemicals that cause fishy smell

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amines

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7
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chemicals that cause decayed fish

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diamines

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8
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chemicals that cause rotten egg smell

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hydrogen sulfide

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9
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chemicals that cause skunk smell

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mercaptans

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10
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chemicals that smell rotten cabbage

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organic skatoles

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11
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chemicals that smell like fecal matter

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skatole

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12
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instrument that measures odor of water

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olfactometer

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13
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measurement of turbidity

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JTU - Jackson Turbidity Unit

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14
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equivalent of JTU

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1 mg/L silica in water

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15
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turbidity of clear lake

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25 JTU

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16
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turbidity of muddy water

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100 JTU

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17
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instrument that measures turbidity

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Secchi Disk

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18
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conditions for BOD

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5 days, 20 C, pH 7

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19
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graph that shows the amount of DO in water

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DO Sag Curve

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20
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What causes Itai-Itai disease

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Cadmium

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21
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What causes Minimata disease

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Mercury

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22
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Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

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Basel Convention

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23
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rate at which temperature changes with altitude

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lapse rate

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24
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protocol on the control of greenhouse gases

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Kyoto Protocol

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25
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phasing out of CFCs

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Montreal Protocol #13

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26
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follow up to the Kyoto Protocol

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Copenhagen Accord

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27
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meeting where persistent organic pollutants were phased out

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Stockholm Convention

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28
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who coined the term “isomers”

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Jans Jacob Berzelius

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29
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Reacted carbon disulfide (inorganic) to produce acetic acid (organic)

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Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe

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30
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discovered the structure of benzene

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August Kekule

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31
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Octet rule and Lewis structures

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Gilbert Lewis

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32
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postulated that reaction behavior is due to the movement of electrons

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Robert Robinson

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33
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structures focused on the delocalization of electrons, e- are shared across nuclei

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Resonance structures

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34
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electrons are localized in covalent bonds

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Lewis structures

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35
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what does iso- mean

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all except one carbon form a continuous chain

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36
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what does sec- mean

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the substituent is attached to a secondary carbon

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37
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what does tert- mean

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attached to a tertiary carbon

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38
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what does neo mean

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all but two carbons form a continuous chain

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39
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Who produced the Wholer synthesis? using ammonium cyanate to form urea

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Friedrich Wohler

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40
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Who suggested the concept of resonance?

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Linus Pauling

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41
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Constitutional isomers

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elements are not bonded similarly

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42
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Stereoisomers

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different orientation

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43
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enantiomers

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mirror images that are not superimposable

44
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diastereomers

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stereoisomers that are not mirror images of one another

45
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who discovered the chair conformation of cyclohexane

A

Odd Hassel

46
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what does gauche mean

A

60 deg dihedral angle

47
Q

what does anti mean

A

180 degree dihedral angle

48
Q

what does the biggest constituent in cyclohexane prefer

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equatorial

49
Q

ALA omega-3 fatty acid

A

Alpha-Linolenic Acid

50
Q

EPA

A

Eicosapentanoic acid

51
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DHA

A

Docosahexanoic acid

52
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What types of alcohols prefer SN1

A

secondary/tertiary alcohols

53
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What types of alcohols prefer SN2

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primary/unsubstituted

54
Q

Describe the inductive effect

A

(+) carbon draws electrons from the sigma bonds around it

55
Q

Describe hyperconjugation

A

electron delocalization due to overlap between beta methyl group and carbocation

56
Q

rank the following by priority: alkene, alcohol, halide

A

alcohol > alkene > alkyl halide

57
Q

describe a vinyl group

A

double bonded cabon

58
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describe an allyl bond

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three carbons with one double bond that can move when transformed into a carbocation

59
Q

Z

A

Zusammen, ‘magkaZama’

60
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E

A

Entgegen, ‘magkaEba’

61
Q

degree of unsaturation

A

(2C + 2 + N - H - X)/2

62
Q

arrange the following in priority for determining alkene stability

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  1. C atoms
  2. branching of double bond
  3. trans/E
63
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determination of where atoms attach

A

regioselectivity

64
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solid catalysts for hydrogenation of alkenes

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Pt, Pd, Ni, Rh

65
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when does carbocation rearrangement occur

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from 2o to 3o carbocation

66
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discovered free radical addition of HBr to alkenes

A

Morris Kharasch

67
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free radical addition of HBr to alkenes with peroxides

A

anti-Markovnikov

68
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free radical addition of HBr to alkenes without peroxide

A

Markovnikov

69
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who discovered hydroboration-oxidation reaction?

A

Herbert Brown

70
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describe the product of vicinal dihalide formation

A

anti-addition, F reaction is too reactive, I is not possible

71
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where does the water attach during vicinal halohydrin formation

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water attaches to highly substituted carbon

72
Q

catalyst for dehydration of alcohols

A

H2SO4 and H3PO4 catalyst

73
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describe Zaitsev’s rule

A

production of more substituted alkene

74
Q

what do you call the product of ozonolysis

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ozomide, - O - R - O - O - R -

75
Q

who discovered the VSEPR theory

A

Ronald Nyholm

76
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who described electron group geometries

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Ryutaro Tsuchida

77
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suspension placed between plates to obtain a good spectrum

A

Nujol Mull

78
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meso compounds

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achiral compounds that have chirality centers. when the halves are equal

79
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zero degree polarized light means

A

there are equal amounts of the two enantiomers

80
Q

optical purity equation

A

% enantiomer 1 - % enantiomer 2

81
Q

describe the S orientation

A

high to low in CCw

82
Q

describe the R orientation

A

high to low in CW

83
Q

can molecules with 2 or more chiral centers be achiral?

84
Q

describe a stereogenic center

A

a center where exchanging two substituent will produce a different atom

85
Q

who invented C-14 dating

A

Williard Libby

86
Q

redox reaction of bleach

A

ClO- + 2I- + 2H+ –> Cl- + I2 + H2O

87
Q

Sugar which appear to be negative against Fehling’s Test

A

Non-reducing sugar

88
Q

Reducing sugars

A

Maltose, Cellobiose, Lactose

89
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Nonreducing sugar

90
Q

Most abundant molecules in living cells

91
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Type of bacteria that are considered to be ancient organism such as methanogens, halobacteria and thermoacidophiles

A

Archaebacteria

92
Q

Bacteria which convert alcoholic solution to vinegar

A

Acetobacters

93
Q

Biological decomposition of organic matter accompanied by the production of foul smelling products in an anaerobic condition

A

Putrefaction

94
Q

A waste treatment process by which biologically active growths are continuously circulated with incoming biodegradable waste in the presence of oxygen is

A

Activated sludge process

95
Q

Temperature at which a microorganism is killed within a period of 10 minutes

A

thermal death point (TDP)

96
Q

A visible concentrated growth of algae or other aquatic life/plants is called

97
Q

Enzyme in the stomach

98
Q

Organism produced by sporulation

99
Q

Time to kill all bacterial in a particular culture at a specific temperature

100
Q

Bacteria that grow over the temp range 30-40 C are called

A

mesophiles

101
Q

Hydrolysis of sucrose gives

A

1 glucose and 1 fructose

102
Q

Microorganism utilized in production of pickles

A

lactic acid bacteria

103
Q

Disaccharide formed by a beta-glycosidic bond

104
Q

Defined as the quantity of enzymes needed to transform 1.0 micromole of substrate to product per minute at 30 C and optimal pH

A

International Unit

105
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Measure of unsaturation of a fatty acid

A

Iodine number (the number of grams of iodine absorbed by 100 g of fat)

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