Friday 29 December 2023

Mr Vijayakanth and his demise



 




Courtesy: Madan Gowri

Very true. When he was living, the media projected him as a fool. Now, after his demise, people are realizing the truth. Had this been done before his death, Mr Vijayakanth's health would not have deteriorated to this extent. 

Wednesday 27 December 2023

ARTIFICIAL LEAF TECHNOLOGY


 Courtesy: Seeker and https://spectrum.ieee.org/artificial-leaf

Scientist have successfully produced hydrogen efficiently and also devised a system to make syngas. a mixture of CO and H2 to make products like ethanol. At the University of Cambridge they have made Artificial Leaf to convert CO2 to fuels like propanol and ethanol. The artificial leaf devise has a cathode composed of photovoltaic pervoskite and cobalt catalyst and anode made of photocatalyst bismuth vanadate. When the devise is immersed in water, bismuth vanadate absorbs sunlight and splits the water at the anode. At the cathode pervoskite generate electricity which drives the cobalt catalyst to reduce CO2 and produce syn gas.

Tuesday 26 December 2023

UNIFORM CIVIL CODE


 Courtesy: BBC News Tamil

Youth must know about Uniform Civil Code. Is is right to implement it? What are the Pros and Cons?

Monday 25 December 2023

Pervoskite - The Wonder Material


 Courtesy: The Royal Institution

Pervoskite example CaTiO3.

A cation has Coordination Number = 12. B cation has C.N = 6O has C.N = 2

A lie at corner, B at octahedral void and oxygen at face Centre.

Tuesday 19 December 2023

"Miraculous Well"

Karst aquifers, the secret behind ‘miraculous’ well in Tamil Nadu's Ayankulam 



https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/aug/10/karst-aquifers-the-secret-behind-miraculous-well-in-tamil-nadus-ayankulam-2485979.html





Courtesy:New Indianexpress.com and Madan Gowri