STEP+3

3. To answer the following questions you will gather information by contacting the company and using the internet.

a. Prove that your selection is a pure substance or mixture. Use the class notes to justify your answer. IF IT IS A PURE SUBSTANCE, IS IT AN ELEMENT OR COMPOUND?

b. Upload images and one video and then summarize in words what it looks like, how it used and/or made. Present this information in an organized way, otherwise your page will start to get disorganized and cluttered. Use titles and page breaks. Consider using different coloured text or fonts if that helps. INCLUDE WHAT IS LOOKS LIKE TO THE EYE AND THE MOLECULAR MODEL that shows the atoms. c. Explain how the pure substance or mixture is used to manufacture the product(s) made by your selected company. How do these product(s) benefit or harm society? YOU MAY HAVE A CHEMICAL THAT IS A BY-PRODUCT OF AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS. Adjust this question appropriately if this is the case.

d. Explain how the pure substance or mixture is SAFELY stored, used and disposed of after it is used.

e. What are the environmental consequences of improper disposal? You will have to use the internet as well as your interview to answer this question.

f. What are the health hazards of being exposed to this chemical?

g. How does the product(s) made using this chemical benefit society? (social, economic, environmental etc.)

Use the following charts to record information regarding your interview: HINT: See if you can find the contact info for the Health and Safety representative for the company (the government web site did have some contact info for some companies)

Name of Chemical || Name of Person you contacted || Telephone Number of Company ||
 * Name of Company


 * Questions Asked || Responses ||