Optimisation of Heterogeneous Catalysed Esterification Reaction for n-Hexyl Acetate Synthesis part 5 Experimental findings for the n-hexyl acetate synthesis are detailed in this section. The most striking feature of the resulting figures is the shape that they all share the same steep rise in conversion to a point whereby the equilibrium is observed, a plateau […]
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The year ends with a flurry of rumours about Apple and its series of new products in the new year, 2012. However, company keeps the stance of remaining oblivious of such rumours. The most anticipated new products are next generation models of iPad and iPhone. Aside from the two mobile computing devices, the iPod Nano […]
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Call it intuition but the move was on the cards and Boeing wins the bid against Lockheed Martin Corp. Boeing beat Lockheed to win a $3.48 billion, 7-year contract that lets then keep their role as the primary developer of the U.S. protection program against intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Missile Defence Agency announced the contract […]
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7. Apple’s Macbook Air The third and last Apple product in the list, Macbook Air did not offer many new things but the company released its benchmarking thinnest laptop with new prices this fall. The bottom line Air is ‘All Yours’ for a mere $899. The second generation of Apple’s MacBook Air fixes many of […]
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5. Amazon’s Kindle Fire The company surprised everybody with this new and colourful device that is not only a book readers but an entertainment source as well and that is not the end of it. The price tag slapped on it is even more bewildering. "Underdog" doesn’t typically describe Amazon products. But the well-reviewed Kindle […]
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3. Ice Cream Sandwich Not only iOS 5 got a big reception in iPhone 4S but Google release a new version of its trademark operating system that was an upgrade to the predecessors. Although it sprung a learning curve but it is better software nonetheless. Until Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich arrived on the scene, […]
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Following are some of the products that were successful during the year that saw a more cut throat competition from these companies. 1. Apple iPhone 4S No introduction to this revolutionizing handset. It just got bigger on the screen this year. The iPhone 4S is the ultimate comeback kid. Despite showing up four months later […]
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Not many innovations this year but there were are a number of new products that advanced in mobile technology and home entertainment. Apple spurred mobile technology and gave it a new name of mobile computers. There is no doubt that mobile was in the market even before the first iPhone came into the market but […]
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To spy on communications between a GSM mobile operator and a Motorola, there’s a program that can be downloaded from the Internet. There’s a little arguing the statement that over 80% of phones in the world operate in GSM. According to Karsten Nohl Berlin, who works for German-based research lab, these tools can not only […]
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Amazon has managed to sell a million units of Kindle Fire in the week leading to Christmas. The tablet device was the most desired product during the holiday season, which also saw sales of electronic books skyrocket. Despite the good sales figures reported by the U.S. e-Commerce giant, analysts were not convinced: it has been […]
3. Twitter App Twitter is considered not only a social networking platform, but recently it was name the fastest source of news, first hand mostly. Most of the news these days spur from this website and even majority of them are incited by the parties involved in the news themselves. We wouldn’t be the least […]
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2. Google + App Although it has been only seven months since the launch of Google’s own social networking website, it has been embraced warmly by networking enthusiasts. In the light of the social demand, Google has developed its own application for its own operating system. Google+ for Android is a clean and intuitive mobile […]
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