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The Comparative Analysis Of Iron Ore, Archie G. Sailer

Bachelors’ Theses

Our country has been fortunate in having abundant iron resources at its disposal. Their extensive development accounts for our rapid material progress and our high degree of civilization. Of all these natural resources none has contributed more to the commercial supremacy of the United States, to the prosperity of its communities and to the individual comfort of its citizens than the iron ore reserves of the Lake Superior region.

Corrosion Of Aluminum In Alkaline Solutions, George Oliver Doherty

Bachelors’ Theses

Aluminum has been an important member of the metal group since its isolation about 100 years ago. It has sprung into prominence in the commercial field and in household use in the last thirty years. The metal is light, possesses good thermal and electrical conductivity and as an alloy with other metals takes on a surprising degree of strength.

The problem of producing aluminum cheaply enough to make it practical has finally been overcome to a great extent. It now remains to be seen just what further uses there are to which this new metal may be put. Aluminum may …

The Preparation Of Glucuronic Acid From Gum Acacia, Mary Laurissa Felix

Bachelors’ Theses

Initial interest in the preparation of glucuronic acid from gum acacia was prompted by several reasons. Being interested in both the chemical and biological fields, the subject of glucuronic acid made a strong appeal. Although glucuronic acid was discovered over fifty years ago, its position in physiology remained until recently undefined. Now, however, it seems fairly certain that this compound is closely related to carbohydrate metabolism and plays an im­portant role as a detoxicating agent in the body.

The laboratory preparation of glucuronic acid is still one of the important problems of chemistry. Our present knowledge of its synthesis and …

A Study Of The Preparation Of The Combination Of Phenol-Formaldehyde Glycerol-Phthalate Resins, Mark H. Kern

Bachelors’ Theses

The author has had some experience with the commercial manufacture of paints, and it is only logical that he be interested in a problem of great importance to the manufacturer of various commercial finishes, namely, synthetic resins.

The Distribution Of Protein Between Beer And Foam, Robert T. Schmidt

Bachelors’ Theses

The development of the soy bean and its products is one of the foremost achievements of the modern industrial chemist. His purpose is to discover more and more applications for this useful product which is rapidly growing in popularity with the agriculture of the nation.

The Particle Size Of Emulsions Prepared With Pure And Commercial Egg Yolk, August Carl Siefert

Bachelors’ Theses

Emulsions are undoubtedly among the most useful preparations which man can make, and their application in industry, pharmacy, and cooking is wide and varied. We are all familiar with mayonnaise in which and emulsion of olive oil is obtained with the use of egg yolk as an emulsifying agent. Egg yolk itself is one of Nature's very best emulsions, as is milk which is both a colloid and an emulsion.

This thesis is concerned in particular with the application of emulsions in the tanning industry, where oil is applied to leather in the form of an emulsion to make it …

A Study Of The Gelation Of Several Paraffins In Various Solutions, Joseph John Wocasek

Bachelors’ Theses

In the selection of various waxes for commercial use, it has long been the custom to depend solely upon melting-point for property determination. Thus, for example, all paraffin waxes which had a melting range between 50 and 65 degrees centigrade, were thought to have much the same properties and that any or the commercial paraffins of this range would therefore impart the same characteristics to the product in which they were to be used. But with increased use, these waxes have come under more careful observation and experimentation. Very little data has as yet been released for publication but already …

The Effect Of Calcium And Ammonium Salts On Enzyme Action, Erwin F. Karow

Bachelors’ Theses

The object of this thesis is to study the effect of various ammonium and calcium salts upon the digestive action of trypsin, pancreatin and papain. A perusal of the literature reveals only a small amount of information upon the subject.

Nickel And Its Determination, Robert Fitzpatrick

Bachelors’ Theses

I have found great pleasure in writing this thesis on Nickel and wish to express my appreciation for the assis­tance received from various sources. The thesis itself contains a brief history of the metal followed by an experi­mental determination of the nickel content of some commer­cial steels. These were kindly furnished by the analytical department of the International Harvester Company to whom I am grateful.

For the history of nickel I am especially indebted to the account by Robert c. Stanley, President of the Inter­national Nickel Company, reproduced in Wilhelm's, The Book of Metals.

For the material on the …

A Comparison Between The Percent Of Maltose Sugar In The Malt Wort And The Characteristics Of The Malt, William Black

Bachelors’ Theses

Interest in this problem was brought about through working with malt in a malting laboratory. The curiosity of the author prompted research along the lines herein explained and a correlation between the amount of maltose in a malt wort and other variable factors explained in the following chapters was sought.

There has been a great deal of work done in the malting field which adapts itself readily to organic research. The chemistry of malt and malt products has arrived at a state where regular standard analysis can be applied. However, the research possibilities are practically unlimited and this work done …

A Study Of The Temperature Of Gelation And Solubility Range For Paraffin Waxes In Several Solvents, Stanley Francis Gebarski

Bachelors’ Theses

In organic literature and text books a certain melting point of paraffin is taken as indicating a certain range of paraffin hydrocarbons and the discussion terminated at that point.

A Comparison Of Ths Digestive Powers Of Trypsin And Papain On Casein And The Effect Of Certain Mild Antiseptics On These Powers, Joseph E. Steker

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to study the effect of certain mild antiseptics, such as Benzoic acid, Boric acid, salicylic acid, Phenol, Cresol, Thymol, on the digestive action of the enzymes Trypsin and Caroid (papain). A thorough perusal of the literature reveals only a small amount of data dealing with the influence of common antiseptics on enzyme action. Because of the important uses of enzymes in industry and the need of antiseptics for protective action, this problem is of great importance. The author wishes to acknowledge the kind cooperation of Dr. John R. Koch, Head of the Department of …

A Study Of The Decomposition Potentials Of A Commercial Gluconic Acid Bath, Roman L. Pozorski

Bachelors’ Theses

The study of electrochemistry is not only fascinating and worthwhile, but essential to the student of chemistry in the understanding of many theories and chemical phenomena. Though electrochemistry is still in its infancy, numerous substances are prepared electrolytically in industry. It is reported that about 15% of all the chemical goods manufactured are prepared by electrochemical industries. Of the various types of studies, in electrochemistry, the one which appears to be most appealing is the analysis of chemical reaction sin which electrochemical methods are used. The determination of decomposition potentials is one of these methods. A knowledge of decomposition values …

The Influence Of Ph On The Activity Of Trypsin And Papain (Caroid) As Measured By A Modification Of The Northrup Gravimetric Casein Method, Frank W. Dragan

Bachelors’ Theses

Hydrogen ion concentrations have long been recognized as an essential factor in many biochemical processes.

The influence of hydrogen ion concentration upon enzyme activity has been of especial importance as proteolytic enzymes are rapidly gaining in use in various industries, principally the tanning industry.

The Effect Of Sodium Fluoride On The Bright Plating Range Of Chromium, Ernst Curschmann

Bachelors’ Theses

Chromium is used very extensively at the present time as an exterior plate over other metals. It has found favor not only because of its brilliant blue, untarnishable lustre, but also because of its extreme hardness. The great increase in the demand for chromium plate in recent years, rapidly relegating nickel plate into the background, has resulted in increased research and experimentation .in the field of chromium plating, in the endeavor to provide a lasting, beautiful plate at a minimum of expense.

Present chromium plating baths containing sulphuric acid as the active agent of deposition leave much to be desired …

Conductivity Applications, Henry W. Koch

Bachelors’ Theses

Since the introduction of Arrhenius’ theory of electrolytic dissociation more than forty years ago, many applications of the chemistry of electrolytes have been formulated. Of the many uses of conductance measurements, conductivity titrations have lately assumed the theoretical and technical importance which they rightfully should have. Conductance measurements enjoy prominence both in practice and in research, and the almost unlimited field provides a wealth of material for the ardent electrochemist. There is no doubt that many of the old analytic methods will soon be largely supplanted by this newer procedure which even at the present finds such varied usefulness.

The Preparation Of Calcium And Barium Gluconate, Ronald Anthony Plzak

Bachelors’ Theses

The privilege of working on this subject is one which the author has sincerely appreciated, as it has given him the opportunity of incorporating many of the more recent contributions along the line of oxidizing aldose sugars. In reviewing these contributions, he has abstained from conveying an impression of finality and has attempted to show the many possibilities which the free sugar acids offer for the future. The experience of the last few years has proved that even long-cherished conceptions and apparently well-established facts may at any time undergo drastic revision. For this reason, the author has referred directly to …

An Investigation Of The Methods Used In The Preparation Of Acid Amides, Everett Stats

Bachelors’ Theses

Much work has been done on the preparation of acid amides, but there are few sources where one may find the methods tabulated. It has been the purpose of this Thesis, therefore, to try out various methods and conditions for the preparation of the aliphatic and aromatic amides and to record them.

A Comparison Of The Caffeine Content Of Various Coffees, Emil J. Petrusek

Bachelors’ Theses

Coffee must be rated as one of the most important commodities in the commercial world due to the statistics or output and consumption. There are various brands and kinds of coffee produced by the different growers and roasters. Now to sell the brands, the various concerns base their advertising upon the flavor and price of the coffee. It is a fact that the flavor of coffee is in some way affected by the caffeine present. One popular brand is advertised as decaffeinated, that is, the caffeine has been removed. Confronted with these facts, it occurred to the author to test …

The Extraction Of Tantalum And Columbium From Tantalite, Stanley P. Wisniewski

Bachelors’ Theses

In the summer of 1932, the Milwaukee Public Museum, sent an expedition to the Bad Lands and Black Hills of South Dakota, under the direction of Dr. Ira Edwards, Curator of Geology in that institution. It was at this time that the author, a member of this group, while studying the pegmatites of the Black Hills, became interested in the tantalum-columbium bearing minerals of that region, namely tantalite and columbite. At that time the writer made a detailed mineralogical study of these two minerals, as well as a thorough investigation of their occurrence in that region. In the fall of …

Sensitivity Of Curcumin As An Organic Reagent In Testing For Beryllium, James W. Bookhamer

Bachelors’ Theses

For many years the analytical chemist avoided by design or more probably by accident the general use of organic chemicals in his work. Some few of them he accepted as a matter of course, and perhaps without much thought of their organic nature. In qualitative analysis he used chloroform as a solvent in testing for bromine and iodine. A few indicators were in common use, but organic chemicals were used but little in analytical work. It was not until the twentieth century that their use in analytical procedures received any worthwhile attention. Since then they have rapidly come to the …

The Purification Of Coffee Wax By Means Of A Special Extractor Followed By A Dialysis Process, John Dobrojevic

Bachelors’ Theses

This work was performed with the intention of devising a method where-by true wax could be isolated from a conglomerated mixture called coffee wax.

A Contribution To The Preparation Of Synthetic Rubber From Butyl Alcohol, Rosalia Aloisia Leutgoeb

Bachelors’ Theses

Rubber, on account of its almost universal usefulness is one of the important materials of modern time. The unequalled utility of it is found in its physical properties, such as elasticity and toughness, which are not possessed by other plastic substances.

Effect Of Varying Supports On Nickel As A Catalyst In The Hydrogenation Of Unrefined And Refined Soy Bean Oil, Nate W. Fredman

Bachelors’ Theses

Hydrogenation is a subject that has grown in im­portance only within the last thirty years. Before 1900, little was known about the process of adding hydrogen to a liquid oil to form a solid fat, the latter of which has a great deal more uses than the former. Much trouble was experienced, since conditions controlling the process must be very definite in order to obtain good results.

Chemists have found that the main requisite in the above process is the catalyst. It must be very carefully pre­pared and controlled. But instead of using only the catalyst, many modern research workers …

The Effect Of Halowax 1012, 1013 & 1014 On The Melting Points Of Various Waxes, Louis Henry Kroening

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis is concerned with the melting points of various waxes and the effect of Halowax 1012, 1013 and 1014 upon their physical constants. Interest in this problem was aroused "by the fact that Halowax as shown by Nathan Smith in his thesis, "The Effect of Halowax Upon Lubricating Oils and Greases”, decreases the viscosity of oils. Since lubricating oils contain waxes it is logical to expect that this decrease in viscosity is due to the lowering of the melting point of the waxes present. It was to investigate the truth of this assumption that this work was begun.

A Study Of Melting Points Of Various Ternary Mixtures Of Waxes, Leonard Anthony Veranth

Bachelors’ Theses

The work undertaken in this thesis is a continuation of the work done by George John Hable entitled, "A Study of Melting Points of Various Binary Mixtures of Waxes". In the present work, the melting points of ternary mixtures of waxes is studied. The experimental work is presented in the form of graphs so that the reader is afforded a better representation and clearer conception of the work done and the results obtained.

The Effect Of Ultra-Violet Light On Ethyl Acetate, Homer W. Wiesner

Bachelors’ Theses

The present work, is a study of the effect of ultraviolet light on pure organic compounds. In particular, it is a qualitative and quantitative study of_ the decomposition products of ethyl acetate as effected by ultraviolet radiations, together with the development of experimental apparatus. In as much as the work required special apparatus, much of the time was spent in the development and construction of such apparatus.

A Method Of Determining The Relative Thermal Conductivities Of Liquids, Lohr Arthur Burkardt

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis concerns the development of apparatus suitable for the practical determination of the thermal conductivity of liquids. The data presented in the literature refers to the deter­mination of absolute conductivity values and-is very unsatisfactory from a practical point of view. The aim here has not been to furnish abso­lute data, but to provide a simple means of determining the relative conductivity of any series of liquids. Knowing such a set of rela­tive conductivities, absolute values can readily be calculated therefrom.

The aim has been to develop an apparatus that is simple enough to be constructed in the ordinary laboratory, …

The Melting Points Of Bismuth - Zinc - Tin Alloys By The Cooling Curve Method, Siegfried Kulbacki

Bachelors’ Theses

Undoubtedly, the properties of a metal which contribute to its general usefulness consist of hardness, tenacity, elasticity, malleability, ductility, density, fusibility, expansion by heat, resistance to corrosion and conductivity for heat and electricity.

A Contribution To The Preparation Of Synthetic Rubber From Butadiene. Ii., Joseph Patrick Iding

Bachelors’ Theses

Since the World War, the production of synthetic rubber has become the problem not only of the laboratory, but of commerce as well. Several factors demanded this research.

In the first place, the World War made the dependence of countries on each other strikingly evident in several ways, one of which was the need for rubber by great nations whose situations prohibited the planting of the rubber tree and consequently put them under obligation to other countries for their supply.

And now in the last few years this demand for rubber has been increased enormously, through the increased production of …