Kidney Stone Research Paper
Figure 1. “Couple of kidney stones on macro shot”
Kidney Stones, is there a solution?
By: Andrew Sailers
CHM2046L.904
Instructor: Kia Williams
Due: October 7, 2014
Introduction
Kidney stones are a painful and dangerous urinary disorder that could cause severe cramping, block flow of urine, and sometimes cause a fever that “about 5 % of American women and 12 % of men suffer from at some point in their lives” (Kidney Stone Disease). “Most small stones measuring less than 5mm or 6mm can persist in the body with medical expulsive therapy, will typically pass within a few days to a few weeks” (Kidney Stones Overview). Kidney stones are also referred to as renal calculi and are formed in the kidney as a result of buildup of minerals that are …show more content…
The equation for the reaction between a free calcium ion and an EDTA compound in pH of 10 is a 1:1 reaction which allows to see how many calcium ions were stabilized and therefore dissociated from the CaC2O4. This number of moles can then be multiplied by the molecular mass of CaC2O4 to find the initial weight of the ions that dissociated which comes to be .335 g of CaC2O4. This mass is then divided by the amount that was in solution which was 0.10 g, then multiplied by 100 to give a final percent of dissociation for the CaC2O4 in lemon juice of 335 %. This means that the kidney stones dissolved into 3.35 times the amount of ions than it could possibly, suggesting quite large errors in the experiment/procedures …show more content…
This led to the investigation of whether home remedies can help with kidney stones by dissolving them. However, the decision to use lemon juice in the experiment was flawed and therefore the results cannot be used for scientific data collection. The mistake of mixing the colored lemon juice and the indicator ultimately skewed the results incomprehensively because a definite titration point where the solution was just equalized could not be found. Subsequently, the lemon juice may have helped dissolve the kidney stones, however, it cannot be confidently determined from this
Kidney Stones, is there a solution?
By: Andrew Sailers
CHM2046L.904
Instructor: Kia Williams
Due: October 7, 2014
Introduction
Kidney stones are a painful and dangerous urinary disorder that could cause severe cramping, block flow of urine, and sometimes cause a fever that “about 5 % of American women and 12 % of men suffer from at some point in their lives” (Kidney Stone Disease). “Most small stones measuring less than 5mm or 6mm can persist in the body with medical expulsive therapy, will typically pass within a few days to a few weeks” (Kidney Stones Overview). Kidney stones are also referred to as renal calculi and are formed in the kidney as a result of buildup of minerals that are …show more content…
The equation for the reaction between a free calcium ion and an EDTA compound in pH of 10 is a 1:1 reaction which allows to see how many calcium ions were stabilized and therefore dissociated from the CaC2O4. This number of moles can then be multiplied by the molecular mass of CaC2O4 to find the initial weight of the ions that dissociated which comes to be .335 g of CaC2O4. This mass is then divided by the amount that was in solution which was 0.10 g, then multiplied by 100 to give a final percent of dissociation for the CaC2O4 in lemon juice of 335 %. This means that the kidney stones dissolved into 3.35 times the amount of ions than it could possibly, suggesting quite large errors in the experiment/procedures …show more content…
This led to the investigation of whether home remedies can help with kidney stones by dissolving them. However, the decision to use lemon juice in the experiment was flawed and therefore the results cannot be used for scientific data collection. The mistake of mixing the colored lemon juice and the indicator ultimately skewed the results incomprehensively because a definite titration point where the solution was just equalized could not be found. Subsequently, the lemon juice may have helped dissolve the kidney stones, however, it cannot be confidently determined from this