LETS GO QUIZZICAL WITH CHEMISTRY

Well Friends sorry for being away from the blog for the last few weeks. Was busy in my research. I just thought of refreshing your grey cells with some of the Chemistry Quizes I asked at Gauhati University Chemical Science Department

1. What is common to the elements Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrium ?

Ans:   They are all named after Ytterby , a small village in Sweden.

2. Identify this tombstone 

Ans: Yes it is that of Boltzmann (S= K ln W)

3. He was nominated for 1929 Nobel prize in physiology and medicine for synthesising Urea Stibamine(carbostibamide) in 1922 and determination of its effciency for the treatment of Visceral leishmaniasis caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani.His discovery saved millions of lives in India particularly in the erstwhile province of Assam. About whom am I speaking?

Ans: Rai Bahadur Sir Upendranath Brahmachari

4. Identify this gentleman

Ans: Yes he is Paul T. Anastas the father of green chemistry

5.  Connect

Ans: 101

•Suez Canal is 101 miles

•Statue of Liberty measures 101 metres and

•Atomic number of  Mendelevium is 101.