The Molecules Around Me

1. The Molecules Around Me By: Jason Lico 1st period

2. Category: Food and Nutritional supplements • Product Information: • Name: Hunt's snack pack pudding • Description: Pudding in a plastic container • Ingredients: Water, Sugar, Modified Tapioca Starch, Vegetable Oil (Contains One or More of the Following: Palm Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Sunflower Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil), Less than 2% of: Modified Corn Starch Citric Acid, Carrageenan, Potassium Citrate, Sodium Citrate, Salt, Polysorbate Gil Color Added, Malic Acid, Concentrated Lemon Juice, Natural Flavors, Beta Carotene Color.

3. Compound Information • Compound 1: Carrageenan • Molecular formula: C12H17O19S3 • Inorganic • Summary: a family of linear sulfated polysaccharides that are extracted from red edible seaweeds. They are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties.

4. Compound Information • Compound 2: Malic Acid • Molecular formula:  HO2CCH2CHOHCO2H • Organic • Summary:  It is a dicarboxylic acid that is made by all living organisms, contributes to the pleasantly sour taste of fruits, and is used as a food additive.

5. Compound Information • Compound 3: Beta Carotene Color • Molecular formula: C40H56 • Organic • Summary: β-Carotene is a strongly-colored red-orange pigment abundant in plants and fruits.

6. Compound Information • Compound 4: Palm Oil • Molecular formula: CH3(CH2)14CO2H • Organic • Summary:  is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeisguineensis, and to a lesser extent from the American oil palm Elaeisoleifera and the maripa palm Attaleamaripa.

7. Compound Information • Compound 5: Sugar • Molecular formula: C12H22O11 • Organic • Summary:  generalized name for a class of chemically-related sweet-flavored substances, most of which are used as food.

8. Category: Healthcare and medical products • Product Information: • Name: Equate Ibuprofen • Description: temporarily relieves minor aches and pains due to: headache, muscular aches, minor pain of arthritis, toothache, backache, the common cold, menstrual cramps, temporarily reduces fever. • Ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, corn starch, croscarmellose sodium, hypromellose, iron oxides, microcrystalline cellulose, polyethylene glycol, polysorbate 80, stearic acid, titanium dioxide

9. Compound Information • Compound 1: Colloidal Silicon Dioxide • Molecular formula:  SiO2 • Organic • Summary: Colloidal silicas are suspensions of fine amorphous, nonporous, and typically spherical silica particles in a liquid phase.

10. Compound Information • Compound 2: Corn Starch • Molecular formula: C12H22O11 • Organic • Summary: Corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour or maize starch is the starch derived from the corn (maize) grain.

11. Compound Information • Compound 3: Microcrystalline Cellulose • Molecular formula: C6H10O5 • Organic • Summary:  term for refined wood pulp and is used as a texturizer, an anti-caking agent, a fat substitute, an emulsifier, an extender, and a bulking agent in food production.

12. Compound Information • Compound 4: Stearic Acid • Molecular formula: CH3(CH2)16CO2H • Organic • Summary: saturated fatty acid with an 18-carbon chain and has the IUPAC name octadecanoic acid. 

13. Compound Information • Compound 5: Titanium Dioxide • Molecular formula:  TiO2 • Iniorganic • Summary: Generally it is sourced from ilmenite, rutile and anatase. It has a wide range of applications, from paint to sunscreen to food colouring.

14. Category: Personal hygiene and cleaning products • Product Information: • Name: Axe body spray • Description: Antiperpirant, deodorant and astrignent often used by men. • Ingredients: Aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrexgly is the active ingredient in Axe Deodorant. This substance works as an antiperspirant, deodorant, and astringent. Axe also includes cyclopentasiloxane, ppg-14 butyl ether, stearyl alcohol, peg-8 distearate, hydrogenated castor oil, talc, and bht.

15. Compound Information • Compound 1: cyclopentasiloxane • Molecular formula:  C10H30O5Si5 • Organic • Summary: Cyclopentasilocxane is commonly used in cosmetics. This is simply silicone that is in liquid form. It is found in hairsprays, sunblocks as well as deodorants.

16. Compound Information • Compound 2: ppg-14 butyl ether • Molecular formula: C10H22O3 • Organic • Summary: .Propylene glycol-14 butyl ether is used in the cosmetic industry.When applied to the skin,it acts like the skin's own sebum and mosturises the dry epidermal layer of the skin.

17. Compound Information • Compound 3: hydrogenated castor oil • Molecular formula: C57H110O9(CH2CH2O) • Organic • Summary: a vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the Castor plant (Ricinuscommunis). The common name "castor oil" probably comes from its use as a replacement for castoreum, a perfume base made from the dried perinealglands of the beaver.

18. Compound Information • Compound 4: talc • Molecular formula: H2Mg3(SiO3)4 • Inorganic • Summary:  In loose form, it is the widely used substance known as talcum powder. It occurs as foliated to fibrous masses, and in an exceptionally rare crystal form. It has a perfect basal cleavage, and the folia are non-elastic, although slightly flexible.

19. Compound Information • Compound 5: bht (Butylatedhydroxytoluene) • Molecular formula: C15H24O • Organic • Summary: Butylatedhydroxytoluene, also known as butylhydroxytoluene, is a lipophilic organic compound, chemically a derivative of phenol, that is useful for its antioxidant properties.