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Atoms Essays and Term Papers
Uranium: Nuclear Friend Or Nuclear FoeOn Monday August 6, 1945 the U.S. Bomber Enola Gay flew over the
Japanese city of Hiroshima. Seconds later a metallic projectile fell
towards its target. In a blinding flash the world felt the power of a new
age, the nuclear age.
The study of radiation that would eventually lead to these ...
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Chloroflourocarbonswere discovered in the 1920's by Thomas Midgley, an
organic chemist at General Motors Corporation. He was looking for inert, non-
toxic, non-flammable compounds with low boiling points that could be used as
refrigerants. He found what he was looking for in the form of two ...
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DiamondsA Diamond is one of the two natural minerals that are produced from carbon. The other mineral is Graphite. Even though both of these minerals are produced from the same element ,carbon, they have totally different characteristics. One of the most obvious difference is that Diamond is hard and ...
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Extra-Terrestrial CivilizationsIntroduction
Ever wondered what lies beyond our own Solar System, beyond our
furthest planet Pluto, beyond what our most powerful telescopes can project.
With the latest in Technology and Sciences, we (The Human Race) have only
chipped off a flake of the great Pillar of Technology and ...
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RubidiumThe 37th Element
is located between potassium and cesium in the first Group
on the Periodic Table. It's atomic number is 37and its atomic mass is
85.4678. In French and German it is , in Italian and Spanish it is
rubidio.
History and General Facts
Rubidium was discovered spectroscopically ...
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Ocean EnvironmentThe sea is the most obvious feature of the earth's surface.
Approximately seventy percent of this surface is covered by water, in one way or
another. Beneath this water are the familiar sands of the beaches, bottoms of
bays, and the inshore ocean. Farther offshore this water covers an ...
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Electrolytesare liquids that conduct electricity. Most need to be
dissolved into water or another solvent. Battery�s have an electrolyte in
them, either as a liquid or as a paste. Liquid are used in
electrolysis, electroplating, and other chemical processes.
When dissolve they release positive and ...
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The Threat Of Nuclear EnergyYou are watching the control panels and gages for rector two. Sitting comely you think about how easy your job is. It is a joke! All day you sit around and watch the gages for reactor number two just to make sure they maintain their settings. You don�t even need to look at the gages either because ...
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An Investigation Into Electrical ResistanceResistance, in electricity, is a property of any object or substance to resist the flow of an electrical current. The quantity of resistance in an electric circuit determines the amount of current flowing in the circuit for any given voltage applied to the circuit. The resistance of an object is ...
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Marcus Aurelius Even today, Meditations by is read by every class from kings to common people. The book is a universal classic, meaning it can be related to at any time, by anyone. The philosophies included in his book have spanned the centuries, and Meditations remains to be one of the most influential ...
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Your Chemical World�� In today�s world we rely on many different facets to achieve what we normally don�t even give a second thought. As I am sitting here typing this paper I am simultaneously using the culmination of numerous chemical breakthroughs. The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a group of over 150,000 ...
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The History Of CarbonI. Introduction
A.
II. Occurrences in Nature
A. Diamond
B. Graphite
C. Coal and Charcoal
D. Amorphous Carbon
III. Carbon Compounds
A. Inorganic
B. Organic
IV. The Carbon Cycle
IV. Conclusion
Carbon, an element discovered before history itself, is one of the most
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Carbon Dioxideis an unreactive, colourless, odourless gas that occurs in small quantities in the earth's atmosphere naturally. The earth's ocean, soil, plants and animals release CO2. The formula of is CO2. The CO2 molecule contains 2 oxygen atoms that each share 2 electrons with a carbon atom to form 2 ...
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The Beginning Of The UniverseIt is always a mystery about how the universe began, whether if and when it will end. Astronomers construct hypotheses called cosmological models that try to find the answer. There are two types of models: Big Bang and Steady State. However, through many observational evidences, the Big Bang ...
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Dwight D Eisenhowerwas our thirty-fourth president, serving from 1953 to 1961. He was born in Texas in 1890, and brought up in Abilene, Kansas. He was very good in sports in High school and recieved an appointment to West Point. He was stationed in Texas as second lieutenant where he met Mamie Geneva Doud, whom he ...
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Big BangIt is always a mystery about how the universe began, whether if and when it will end. Astronomers construct hypotheses called cosmological models that try to find the answer. There are two types of models: and Steady State. However, through many observational evidences, the theory can best ...
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The Big Bang And Steady State ModelsIt is always a mystery about how the universe began, whether if and
when it will end. Astronomers construct hypotheses called cosmological
models that try to find the answer. There are two types of models: Big
Bang and Steady State. However, through many observational evidences, the
Big Bang ...
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The Cosmos: CreationWhere is the universe from? Where is it going? How is it put together?
How did it get to be this way.
These are Big questions. Very easy to ask but almost impossible to answer.
We want answers for philosophical reason having nothing to do with science. No
one will get rich from discovering the ...
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The Physics Of A CrystalMost simple chemical compounds consist of crystals. If you were to examine a lump of crystalline material very closely, you would be able to see tiny individual crystals. All crystals have a definite geometric shape, determined by the way the atoms are linked together.
Mineralogists recognize 32 ...
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Cellular Respirationbegins with glucose. Glucose is the primary fuel used in glycolysis, the first stage of . This molecule is found in the gel-like substance called cytoplasm that fills the cell. In glycolysis, glucose undergoes phosphorylation by ATP. The ATP is converted back to ADP. The glucose molecule is ...
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