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1
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  • Replace air in container for parenteral solution
  • triple bond-responsible for inertness
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NITROGEN GAS

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2
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Refrigerant, cryogenic

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LIQUID NITROGEN

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3
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Nitrogen oxide is stored in what color of cylinder

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BLUE CYLINDER

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4
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Gas (brown color or pale blue liquid)

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N2O3 (NITROGEN TRIOXIDE)

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5
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Brown gas

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NO2 (NITROGEN DIOXIDE)

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6
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  • “St. elmo’s fire”
  • light carrier (match)
  • apatite
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PHOSPHORUS

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7
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Is normally a white waxy solid, which is colorless and translucent. Stored under water

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PHOSPHORUS

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8
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Varieties of phosphorus

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  • WHITE PHOSPHORUS
  • RED PHOSPHORUS
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9
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Poisonous variety of phosphorus

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WHITE PHOSPHORUS

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10
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Group VA’s compounds are ____

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COVALENT

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11
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  • Laughing gas
  • general anesthetic (inhalational)
  • not use alone (causes diffusion -> HYPOXIA)
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N2O (NITROGEN OXIDE)

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12
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Made by heating P with small quantity of Na at 200 °C

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VIOLET PHOSPHORUS

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13
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This P4 tetrahedron is also present in liquid and gaseous phosphorus up to the temperature of 800 °C when it starts decomposing to P2 molecules

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WHITE PHOSPHORUS

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14
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Made by heating P with Pb at 530 °C

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METALLIC OR BLACK PHOSPHORUS

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15
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Made by heating PBr3 (phosphorus tribromide) with Hg at 240 °C

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SCARLET PHOSPHORUS

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16
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Component of physiologic buffer

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  • HCO3, H2CO3
  • HPO4 -2, H3PO4
  • Hgb and CHON
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17
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Physiologic buffer for RBC and is the most effective single system for buffering H2CO3 during metabolic process

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Hgb and CHON

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18
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Physiologic buffer for plasma and kidneys

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HCO3, H2CO3

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19
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Physiologic buffer for cells and kidneys

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HPO4 -2, H3PO4

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20
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Buffer systems

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  • PHOSPHATE BUFFER
  • BORATE BUFFER
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21
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Examples of borate buffer

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  • FELDMAN’S BUFFER SYSTEM
  • ATKINS & PANTIN BUFFER SYSTEM
  • GIFFORD BUFFER SYSTEM
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22
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Characteristics of Gifford buffer system

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  • pH 6-7.8
  • BORIC ACID, KCL, SODIUM BORATE
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23
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Non-poisonous variety of phosphorus and is used in the preparation of matches

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RED PHOSPHORUS

24
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Characteristics of Atkins and pantin buffer system

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  • pH 7.6-11
  • Na2CO3, BORIC ACID, NaCl
25
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  • Adv. Enjoys containing dihydrogen & monohydrogen phosphate ions
  • Disadv. Insolubility with Ag, Zn, & Al, supports microbial growth
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PHOSPHATE BUFFER

26
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Principal source of antimony

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ANTIMONY GLANCE (STIBNITE) “ORANGE RED SULFATE)

27
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Example of phosphate buffer

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SORENSEN BUFFER SYSTEM

28
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  • Lewisite metal
  • anti-syphilis discovered by Paul Erlich
  • component of salvarsan, arsphenamine, compound 606
  • antileukemia
  • preparation of various insecticide
29
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Source of arsenic

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ARSENOPYRITE (IRON ARSENIC SULFIDE (FeAsS)

30
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Characteristics of Feldman’s buffer system

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  • pH 7-8.2
  • BORIC ACID, NaCl, SODIUM BORATE
31
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Red sol’n containing AsI3 (arsenic triiodide) or HgI2 (mercuric iodide)

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DONOVAN’S SOLUTION

32
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Fowler’s solution

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K ARSENITE

33
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In gutzeit test, when arsenic is present, a __________ is generated in the filter paper moistened with silver nitrate sol’n

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LIGHT BROWN SPOT

34
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Cause pale nail bonds on finger nails

35
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Curly hair = _____

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HIGH CYSTEIN

36
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  • “White arsenic”
  • Ingredient in paris green, fowler’s and donovan’s solution
  • 1° standard for CeSO4
37
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Sources of antimony

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  • SENARMONTITE (ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE)
  • VALENTINITE (ANTIMONY OXIDE)
  • CERVANTITE (ANTIMONY TETROXIDE)
38
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Its pharmaceutical uses are expectorant, emetic, anthelminthic

39
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  • “Bismuth cream”
  • Bi(OH)3 + Bismuth subcarbonate
  • for H. pylori
  • internal protective for gastric ulcer
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MILF OF BISMUTH

40
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  • Tartar emetic
  • component of brown mixture
  • emetic
  • expectorant
  • treatment of schistosomiasis
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ANTIMONY POTASSIUM TARTRATE

41
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  • Alloy of antimony
  • 80% tin and 20% antimony
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BABBIT METAL

42
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  • “Beautiful meadow”
  • use in silvering of mirror
  • protoplasmic poison
43
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Paris green

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CU ACETO ARSENATE

44
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Its pharmaceutical uses are astringent, antiseptic, internal protective

45
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Its adverse effects are blue black lining of gums, black stools

46
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  • Antacid, antiseptic, astringent,
  • 60 grams render alimentary canal opaque to x-ray
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BISMUTH SUBCARBONATE

47
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Active ingredient in Devrom, an over-the-counter FDA-approved medicine commonly used to treat malodor by deodorizing flatulence and stool

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BISMUTH SUBGALLATE

48
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  • “White bismuth”
  • incompatible with tragacanth (Remedy: add NaHPO4)
  • used in the treatment of ulcer and inflammation of GIT
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BISMUTH SUBNITRATE

49
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  • Unaffected by bloody fluid
  • use in sheet form for surgical repair of bones, nerves, tissues
  • corrosion resistant
49
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Source of tantalum

50
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It is a hard, silvery gray, ductile and malleable transition metal

50
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It is a soft, grey, ductile transition metal, which is often found in the pyrochlore mineral

50
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What is the main commercial source for niobium, and columbite?

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PHYROCHLORE MINERAL

51
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Vanadium toxicity

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GREEN TONGUE

51
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Sources of vanadium

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CARNOTITE, PATRONITE, VANADINITE

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