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Cloud Seeding-Dubai Flood !!!

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  Cloud Seeding            Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses around a tiny particle of dust or salt floating in the atmosphere. Without these particles, known as condensation or ice nuclei, raindrops or snowflakes cannot form and precipitation will not occur.            Cloud seeding is a weather modification technique that improves a cloud’s ability to produce rain or snow by introducing tiny ice nuclei into certain types of subfreezing clouds. These nuclei provide a base for snowflakes to form. After cloud seeding takes place, the newly formed snowflakes quickly grow and fall from the clouds back to the surface of the Earth, increasing snowpack and streamflow.   Chemicals used for Cloud Seeding      The most common chemicals used for cloud seeding include silver iodide, potassium iodide and dry ice (solid carbon dioxide). Liquid propane,  which expands into a gas, has also been used. It can produ
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Fun Facts of Chemistry- part 1

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  You can die from drinking too much water. Radioactive and nuclear elements actually glow in the dark. Glass is not a solid – glass is a liquid. Helium is lighter than air. Water is one of the elements which expands while freezing and according to scientists, water takes up 9% more volume when frozen in comparison to its liquid state.  Oxygen is said to be colourless but that is only applicable for the gaseous form. The solid and the liquid form of oxygen appear to be blue. The most expensive element is californium, it is used in industries. Copper is the only element which is naturally Antibacterial. Cloud is actually made of tiny drops of liquid. When the droplets gather and become heavy, that's when rain falls. You need to exceed temperatures of 1000 degrees Celsius to burn a diamond.
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What happens to our body, when we stop consuming sugar!!

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                     Sugar is naturally in lots of foods like fruit, vegetables, milk, cheese, and even grains. But manufacturers also add different forms of sugar and syrup to processed and prepackaged foods like ice cream, cookies, candy, and soda, as well as to less obvious products like ketchup, spaghetti sauce, yogurt, bread, and salad dressing. 1.Lower Triglycerides                   If your body weight is higher than it should be, you are more likely to have high cholestrol numbers, including triglycerides, a type of fat in your blood. Cut added  sugar and you could lower calories and body weight, which could improve your cholestrol.  2.Lower Herat Disease Risk                    High triglycerides raise your heart disease. If you get more than 20% of your calories from added sugar, even if you are at a healthy weight, you may be able to lower your heart disease risk when you cuty back. 3.Healthier Teeth                    Sugars are the primary food source for the bacteria that
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Queen Of Chemsitry

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         Benzene ( C6H6)  is the 'Queen of chemistry'. Benzene is an organic compound with the chemical formula of C6H6. It is also considered a parent compound of the various Aromatic compounds. The properties of benzene is a colorless, flammable, and highly aromatic liquid with a sweet odor. In benzene, there are two carbon atoms in each carbon atom and one hydrogen atom. The C-C bonds in benzene represent the combination of single and double bonds in resonance structures of benzene.   Benzene Chemical Formula is C6H6   Benzene Molecular Weight is 78u    Benzene is a versatile organic compound  applied in the various chemical industries such as in the manufacture of plastics, rubbers, lubricants, and more. However, Benzene is toxic and carcinogenic and that is why it has some non-industrial uses. Here are some applications of structure of Benzene: Benzene can be used as a solvent in nonpolar substances such as oils, fats, resins, etc. It also helps in degreasing of the metals
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pH level in Human Stomach

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  Gastric acid ,  gastric juice , or  stomach acid  is a digestive fluid formed within the stomach lining . With a  pH  between 1 and 3, gastric acid  plays a key role in digestion of  proteins by activating  digestive enzymes , which together break down the long chain of amino acids  of proteins. The primary active component of gastric acid is Hydrochloric acid  ( HCl ), which is produced by  parietal cells in the gastric gland  in the stomach. The secretion is a complex and relatively energetically expensive process. Parietal cells contain an extensive secretory network (called canaliculi ) from which the "hydrochloric acid" is secreted into the  lumen of the stomach. The pH of gastric acid is 1.5 to 3.5 in the human stomach lumen , a level maintained by the proton    pump . A typical adult human stomach will secrete about 1.5 liters of gastric acid daily .  Gastric acid secretion is produced in several steps. Chloride and hydrogen ions  are secreted separately from the c
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Feel Good Chemicals

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Dopamine:  Dopamine is a neurotransmitter produced by the hypothalamus, a small region of the brain that helps you feel pleasure. It’s an important part in your reward system, meaning the brain releases dopamine when you do things that feel good or pleasurable or when you complete a task. Dopamine also helps with movement and motivation.  Serotonin.  Serotonin is another neurotransmitter produced when you feel satisfaction or importance. It also helps regulate your sleep, appetite and mood. Many anti-depressant medications are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) that help boost levels of serotonin.  Oxytocin.  Oxytocin is a hormone produced by the hypothalamus and released by the pituitary gland that produces feelings of love and connection. Also known as the cuddle hormone, the brain may produce oxytocin during sex or maternal behavior such as childbirth or breastfeeding.  Endorphins.  Endorphins are opioid peptides produced by the hypothalamus and pituitary glands that ope
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HISTORY OF GMT!!!!!

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 What is GMT?           Greenwich Mean Time is the yearly average of the time each day when the sun crosses the Prime Meridian at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Solar time varies throughout the year, as the time interval between the sun crossing a set meridian line changes. GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time, the local clock time at Greenwich. From 1884 until 1972, GMT was the international standard of civil time. though it has now been replaced by coordinated universal time (UTC), GMT is still the legal time in Britain in the winter, used by the Met Office, Royal Navy and BBC World service. Greenwich Mean Time is also the name of the time zone used by some countries in Africa and Western Europe, including in Iceland all year round. How did Greenwich Mean Time Begin ?       It wasn't until the invention of the Pendulum clock in the 1650s that it was possible to work out the relationship between mean (clock) time and solar time.        John Flamsteed came up with the formula for c
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