ISCI 2A18 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hydrogen Bond, Titration, Sodium Hydroxide
6 Dec 2016
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Most of us have heard of the term energy crisis while we will likely run out of fossil fuels, the actual energy source (our sun), will likely not be depleted in our lifetime. We also hear that there is an overpopulation (population explosion) of humans, but the land certainly produces enough to support all of us it is not an issue of production, it is an issue of distribution. Carbon dioxide is the second-most important part of the diagram. It is like the battery without, you cannot charge! It stores energy for life processes, and works with water (3rd most important also necessary for the battery to work). It is a limiting factor in plant growth. Starches are linked together by alpha 1,4 glycosidic linkages. Cellulose glucose molecules linked by beta 1,4 linkages. We certainly will not run out of glucose but, not all of it is in an accessible form! Humans do not produce cellulases cannot break down cellulose.
