can anyone pls help? i nid to noe all i can about hydrolysis and its effect on geography matters... pls help... this is for my school project XD
2006-07-17 22:58:54 · 5 answers · asked by Benedict 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Hydrolysis is a chemical decomposition process that uses water to split chemical bonds of substances. There are two types of hydrolysis, acid and enzymatic. Feedstocks that may be appropriate for acid or enzymatic hydrolysis typically are plant-based materials containing cellulose. These include forest material and sawmill residue, agricultural residue, urban waste, and waste paper.
All plants have structural components composed of lignocellulosic fibers, which in turn are comprised of three major fractions: cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Cellulose and hemicellulose are chains of sugar molecules that can be broken down chemically or biologically into the component sugars. The sugars are then fermented using yeast or bacteria to produce ethanol, which is then distilled to a higher concentration for final use.
Sugars can also be converted to levulinic acid and citric acid. Levulinic acid is a versatile chemical that is a precursor to other specialty chemicals, fuels and fuels additives, herbicides, and pesticides. The largest application for citric acid is in the beverage industry, which accounts for about 45 percent of the market for this product. Citric acid is also used in a wide variety of candies, frozen foods, and processed cheeses and as a preservative in canned goods, meats, jellies, and preserves.
Lignin binds cellulose and hemicellulose together and cannot be broken down to form sugars. At this point, the most cost-effective
2006-07-18 02:02:46 · answer #1 · answered by jack_robinson31 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hydrolysis is a term from chemistry and describes the dissolution of solids in water. (More specifically, how a shell of water surrounds the ions, but that's not connected to geographical questions.)
In connection with geography, hydrolysis means the transport of solid material dissolved by water - mainly chalk and salt deposits.
In chalky ground (karst landscape), entire caves can be washed out by hydrolysis. When the caves collapses, a doline forms.
2006-07-17 23:22:51 · answer #2 · answered by jorganos 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hydrolysis
hydro - water H2O
lysis - Break
so when water is broken into elementary molecules it hydorlysis
2006-07-17 23:43:51 · answer #3 · answered by r_v_kale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you were listening in class,because all this stuff gets quite complex.But there is plenty of stuff you can cut and paste after you sort it all out.Check some of the stuff below.
2006-07-17 23:32:57 · answer #4 · answered by mystic_master3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0824727.html
you can go to google.com and type in hydrolysis and geography to get more resources.
2006-07-17 23:09:36 · answer #5 · answered by Theodor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋