FEBRUARY 2ND GENERAL MEETING
ATTENDANCE
Let’s get fired up!
01
About the flame
The ethanol poured into the bottle is very volatile and vaporizes as the liquid is swished around. The flame on the wooden splint tossed into the neck of the bottle acts as the activation energy for the combustion of ethanol with the surrounding oxygen in the air.
This is an exothermic reaction. Not only
does the exothermic nature of the reaction
result in the bottle heating up, but also the
characteristic whoosh sound!
Combustion Reaction
Formula:
C2H5OH(l)+3O2(g)->2CO2(g)+3H2O(g)
The reaction of ethanol with oxygen is characterized as a combustion reaction, with the products being CO2 and H2O.
In the reaction, the carbon atoms are oxidized whereas the oxygen atoms are reduced.
NOW TO THE MAIN TOPIC OF OUR MEETING…
Celebrating the participants of the USABO!!
Meenakshi Viswanadha- 9th grade
Nathan Chertog- 10th grade
Meher Gupta- 10th grade
Ava Patton-10th grade
Stella Pereira- 10th grade
Rebekah Robson- 10th grade
Carolina Rodrigues- 10th grade
Makena Augusta- 11th grade
Hannah Cummins- 12th grade
Varsha Dwarampudi- 11th grade
Stavros Fay- 12th grade
Infantina Francis- 11th grade
Kaylin Han- 12th grade
Marcus Musilli- 11th grade
Rishi Parikh- 11th grade
Rachel Philip- 12th grade
Nader Sahloul- 11th grade
Alana Smock- 11th grade
Tanya Soumine- 11th grade
Kylie Tabak- 11th grade
Celebrating the USABO competitors cont’d.
The participants registered will be taking the Open Exam at 4 pm today!!
Special thanks to 11th grade students Kylie Tabak, Tanya Soumine, and Nader Sahloul for working diligently to prepare the competitors!
Nader Sahloul will now come up and speak a bit on the Biolympiad!!!
Now, a word from Tanya Soumine
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