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| My name is Neleah Lavoie and I’m fourteen years old. This is my third time at the CWSF and I am very excited to be back. My main interest is competitive soccer, but I also participate in many school sports, band, Destination Imagination and 4-H. In the future, I want to go to med. school and become a surgeon. This year’s project began last year where my inspiration came from reading an article in my local newspaper about a resource called chitin that can be found in lobster shells. Seeing that I live in a small fishing village and I have a keen interest in science this project has been a perfect fit. The complexity and the cost of chitin and chitosan extraction is a topic that really interests me. The advice I would give to students who are considering doing a project is: choose a topic you’re interested in and let yourself make mistakes because it is through our mistakes that we improve. |
| Neleah Lavoie
Cost-Effective Extraction of Chitin and Chitosan from Lobster Shells
| Défi: | Ressources | | Catégorie: | Intermédiaire | | Région: | 4-H Canada | | Ville: | Hunter River, PE | | École: | Gulf Shore Consolidated School | | Sommaire: | Every year 7 millions tonnes of lobster shell waste is produced, filling landfills and compost facilities worldwide. Lobster shells contain two valuable substances: chitin and chitosan, both with applications in medicine, agriculture, and engineering. Due to extraction costs, these resources are ignored. My project developed a cost-effective method to extract chitin and chitosan, replacing lab-grade chemicals with household products. Samples were analyzed using NMR spectrometry. |
| Prix | Valeur | Prix d'excellence - Intermédiaire
Médaille de bronze
Sponsor: Sciences jeunesse Canada | | Bourse d’études de Western University
Médaillé de bronze - Bourse d'admission de 1 000 $
Sponsor: Université Western | 1 000,00 $ | | Total | 1 000,00 $ | |
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