Chemistr

y
In
Everyday
Life

realised that it influences every

sphere of human life. The principles
of chemistry have been used for the
benefit
of
mankind.
Think
of
cleanliness the materials like
soaps,
detergents,
household
bleaches, tooth pastes, etc. will come
to your mind. Look towards the
beautiful clothes immediately
chemicals of the synthetic fibres used
for making clothes and chemicals
giving colours to them will come to
your mind. Explosives, fuels, rocket
propellants, building and electronic

Chemistry is a big part of

our everyday life. We find
chemistry in daily life in
the foods we eat, the air
we breathe, our soap, our
emotions
and
literally
every object we can see
or touch. Here's a look at
some
everyday

Why the sky is

blue?

We all can look up to the sky and see its

beautiful blue colour. Why is it blue, and
not red, or white for instance? There is
a phenomenon named Rayleigh
scattering that consists on the
scattering of light by particles much
smaller than its wavelength. This effect
is especially strong when light passes
through gases. Each of the wavelengths
of light suffers a different scattering
when it encounters the gas particles
that form the atmosphere (nitrogen,
oxygen). This effect is more prominent
in the case of short light wavelengths,
that are the blue end of the visible

How Soap Cleans

Soap is an excellent cleanser because of
its ability to act as an emulsifying
agent. An emulsifier is capable of
dispersing one liquid into another
immiscible liquid. This means that while
oil (which attracts dirt) doesn't naturally
mix with water, soap can suspend
oil/dirt in such a way that it can be
removed. The oil loving part of soap
collects onto the oil stain in the fabric.
But then what happens is that it pulls
away from the water, that is; It puckers,
as it were. While the oil loving end
puckers up to the oil in the stain they
together become surrounded by the
other personality of the soap molecule -

Why meals are cooked faster

in a pressure cooker?

A pressure cooker is like any other

pot but with a more elaborated lid
that seals the pot completely. When
you heat water inside the pot it
boils and the steam cannot escape,
so it remains inside and starts to
build up pressure. Under pressure,
cooking temperatures raise much
higher than under normal conditions
(higher than the boiling point of

Why Onions Make Us Cry?

Unless you've avoided cooking, you've
probably cut up an onion and
experienced the burning and tearing
you get from the vapours. When you
cut an onion, you break cells,
releasing their contents. Amino acid
sulfoxides form sulphuric acids.
Enzymes that were kept separate now
are free to mix with the sulphuric
acids to produce propanethiol S-oxide,
a volatile sulphur compound that
wafts upward toward your eyes. This

Why ice floats in

water

Ice floats because it is about 9% less

dense than liquid water. In other
words, ice takes up about 9% more
space than water, so a litre of ice
weighs less than a litre water. The
heavier water displaces the lighter
ice, so ice floats to the top. One
consequence of this is that lakes and
rivers freeze from top to bottom,
allowing fish to survive even when the
surface of a lake has frozen over. If ice

Why smoking is so harmful?

Why smoking causes cancer? It's because
tobacco and tobacco smoke contain more than 60
carcinogenic compounds. In general, more than
4,000 individual substances have been identified
in tobacco smoke, including carbon monoxide,
hydrogen cyanide, ammonia and other toxic
irritants.
Besides all the harmful effects of tobacco, it's
addictive, and this explains why although 70% of
smokers want to quit and 35% attempt to quit
each year, fewer than 7% succeed. The main
reason why tobacco becomes addictive is due to

How Does Sunscreen Work?

Sunscreen combines organic and inorganic
chemicals to filter the light from the sun so
that less of it reaches the deeper layers of
your skin. Like a screen door, some light
penetrates, but not as much as if the door
wasn't present. Sun block, on the other hand,
reflects or scatters the light away so that it
doesn't reach the skin at all.

What Sunscreens Screen

The portion of the sunlight that is filtered or
blocked is ultraviolet radiation. There are three
regions of ultraviolet light.
UV-A penetrates deeply into the skin and can lead
to cancer and premature skin aging.
UV-B is involved in tanning and burning of your

Why coffee keeps you

awake

It is well-known that the effect of

coffee on mood is related to its
content in caffeine. There is a
chemical in our brain called
adenosine, which binds to certain
receptors and slows down nerve cell
activity when we are sleeping. To a
nerve cell, caffeine looks like
adenosine and it binds to the
adenosine receptors. However, as it's
not really adenosine, it doesn't slow
down the cell's activity like adenosine

How is curd formed?

Formation of curd in milk is called
'Fermentation '. Curd is formed when milk
is pasteurized and fermented by a
combination of lactic acid bacteria and a
protease. Curds are a dairy product
obtained by curdling (coagulating) milk
with rennet or an edible acidic substance
such as lemon juice or vinegar, and then
draining off the liquid portion (called whey).
Also natural souring by lactic acid bacteria
or yeast leads to curdling (sour milk
cheese).

experimental
science
which
lets
us
to
understand our world and
makes our life easier. AS
one observes what he
does in his day to day life,
it will become easier,
faster and funnier to
understand the mystery of

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