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Why do we use mass spectrometry technique to detect the unknown compounds?

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  Mass spectrometry is a dominant analytical technique used to specify known materials, to analyze unknown compounds within a sample, and to clarify the structure and chemical properties of different molecules. Mass spectrometry is an analytical tool useful for calculating the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) of one or more molecules present in a sample.   These analysis can often be used to measure the exact molecular weight of the sample components as well. Typically, mass spectrometers can be used to analyze unknown compounds via molecular weight conviction, to evaluate known compounds, and to resolve the structure and chemical properties of molecules. Mass spectrometry can be used to figure out the molecular structure of organic compounds such as 2-butanone. In this approach, the compound of concern is ionized in a void chamber, and the charges and masses of the ions that separate from the compound are detected. The main principle of mass spectrometry (MS) is to obtain ions from

How to separate oil from water by using separation techniques?

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  Two immiscible liquids, oil and water, can be partitioned by using Separating Funnel. The mixture of oil and water forms two separate layers because they are completely irresolvable in each other. Oil forms the upper layer while water forms the lower layer. In separating funnel they are kept for relaxing, when the two layers become balanced by using separating funnel they are filtered one by one. The procedure involves using the mixtures of differing particle density. The mechanism associate taking advantage of the unequal density of the particles in the mixture. Because water is heavy than oil, it can be separated by means of the funnel and left in the funnel with an oil layer. Method to separate the mixture: Once the liquids are taken in the funnel, we can see the development of two layers. The heavy liquid dig to the bottom and the other liquid is on the top. A conical flask is placed at the bottom to collect the heavy liquid. The faucet   Allows you to handle when and how o

Why don't we get our drinking water from the ocean by removing the salt out of seawater?

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  Humans can’t taste saline water, but, the saline water can be made with a pure water, for which there are many usages. The procedure is called "desalination" , and it is being used more and more all over the world to provide people with desired freshwater. The problem is that the desalination of water lacks a lot of energy. Salt deliquesce very easily in water, construct strong chemical bonds, and those bonds are hard to break. Strength and the technology to desalinate water are both extravagant, and this means that desalinating water can be expensive. The "simple “difficulty that must be overthrown to turn seawater into freshwater is to take out the dissolved salt in seawater. That may seem as easy as just scalding some seawater in a pan, apprehending the steam and condensing it back into water (distillation). Other methods are accessible but these current technological processes must be done on a large scale to appropriate on large populations, and the current pr