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Thursday, March 28, 2013

NSIT Quiz Fest '13 Archives: General Quiz 7

Finals Q7:


"Modern examinations of the properties of X by Gustaf Arrhenius and Andrew A. Benson of the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography have shown that they could, when immersed in an arsenic-laced
solution, remove poison. The toxic compounds in arsenic are arsenate and arsenite. Each is acted
upon differently, but effectively, by X. Arsenate is removed by being exchanged for phosphate in
the mineral brushite, a crystalline structure found in the stones. Arsenite is found to bond to sulfur
compounds in the protein of degraded hair, which is a key component in X.“
Give X.

Answer:Bezoar

Thursday, March 28, 2013

NSIT Quiz Fest '13 Archives: General Quiz 7

Finals Q7:


"Modern examinations of the properties of X by Gustaf Arrhenius and Andrew A. Benson of the Scripps
Institution of Oceanography have shown that they could, when immersed in an arsenic-laced
solution, remove poison. The toxic compounds in arsenic are arsenate and arsenite. Each is acted
upon differently, but effectively, by X. Arsenate is removed by being exchanged for phosphate in
the mineral brushite, a crystalline structure found in the stones. Arsenite is found to bond to sulfur
compounds in the protein of degraded hair, which is a key component in X.“
Give X.

Answer:Bezoar