Ice and Water Benzene Ice and Benzene
According to National Grid, the Tidewater Site Pawtucket RI contains many chemicals. One of the chemicals is benzene. As we learned in chemistry class, benzene is a functional group that was a sweet smell and is colorless or light yellow liquid. It has a molecular formula of C6H6 which has 6 carbon atoms joined in a ring with 1 hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. We can also call benzene, hydrocarbon. Benzene can be found in its natural processes and during human activity. On the Tidewater Site the benzene is the byproduct of gas minurfateral that was dissolved in small amount of water and float on the top of the water cuase contamination. Usually benzene was used to produce other chemicals to make plastics and resins. Benzene can be extremely harmful to people. Many people who breathe large amounts of benzene have a dereased in their red blood cells which can cause anemia and cancer. Women who are pregnant that breathe in large amounts of benzene may have their baby affected by this harmul chemical (Fact About Benzene).