However, direct application of acetanilide may cause methmoglobinemia and damage liver and kidneys. The objectives of the experiment are as follows: 1. to synthesize acetanilide by acetylation of aniline 2. to purify crude acetanilide by recrsytallization 3. to calculate the percentage yield of pure acetanilide
The twelve countries that had significant interests in Antarctica at the time were: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.
As of 2012, the Kingdom of Denmark is claiming the continental shelf between Greenland and the North Pole. The Russian Federation is claiming a large swath of seabed along the Lomonosov Ridge but confined to its sector of the Arctic.