Societal Implications & Applications

• Medical technologies –X-rays
  • Barium preparations (quantitative calculations) for x-rays of the gastro-intestinal tract.
    • Haberer, S, Salciccioli, K, & Sanader, M. (2011). Nelson Chemistry 11 University Preparation. Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd.

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Food industry/Cosmetics

• Labels on food products and or cosmetics
  • Looking at concentrations of ingredients on various products

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Drinking water

• Water treatment, water cycle, proper disposal
  • Chemicals that are added in or contaminate drinking water and how they are removed during treatment
  • Chemical contaminants that enter the water cycle naturally or through improper disposal

Next: Assessment

• —Medicine Drug development
  • Formulations
    • Research and development of pharmaceuticals begins in the lab, where quantitative and qualitative properties of various chemicals are experimented with