Essays Tagged: "Gas"

Lab protocols

bstance without washing it thoroughly. Doing this can cause explosion, fire, bodily harm, poisonous gasses, or possibly death. Also do not return chemicals to the original container after they have be ... irections exactly. This is to prevent possible harmful mistakes that may result in death, poisonous gasses, bodily harm , explosion , or fire.Last but not least the tenth rule is that before taking le ...

(2 pages) 39 0 3.8 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

This is explaining fusion.

ction of useful amounts of energy, a large number of nuclei must under go fusion: that is to say, a gas of fusing nuclei must be produced. In a gas at extremely high temperature, the average nucleus c ... s sufficient kinetic energy to undergo fusion. Such a medium can be produced by heating an ordinary gas of neutral atoms beyond the temperature at which electrons are knocked out of the atoms. The res ...

(11 pages) 71 0 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Gas or Electric????

For over ninety years, human beings have been getting from place to place using gas powered cars. However, it was not until a few years ago, that scientist began to realize that th ... treme price to manufacture just one electric car, they dropped the idea and continued manufacturing gas powered cars. However car companies should continue manufacturing electric cars, because they wo ... ieve car companies should begin manufacturing electric cars, and do away with the pollution making, gas powered cars.There is no doubt that the gas powered car is an extreme environmental hazard in ou ...

(2 pages) 99 1 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering > Electrical Engineering

The origin of the earth

formed with the solar nebula model. This model says that our solar system started off as a ball of gasses. The sun and the planets were formed from a ball of gasses that contained 99% hydrogen and he ... was only about 1% of some of the heavier elements, oxygen, silicon, iron, nickel, and others noble gasses. The huge ball of gasses was spinning, and the force of the spin caused gravity on the gasses ...

(2 pages) 76 1 2.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Title: Kinetic Molecular Theory

ry to explain the following:i)Matter can exist in three statesii)The pressure exerted by a confined gas decreases as its temperature is lowerediii)A gas of low molecular mass will diffuse through air ... as its temperature is lowerediii)A gas of low molecular mass will diffuse through air faster than a gas of high molecular masseven though both are at same temperature.The Kinetic Theory can be used to ...

(2 pages) 35 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Dulce et decorum est poem evaluation

speeds up as the somewhat helpless soldiers rush to put on their clumsy masks. The first sentence "Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!' highlights the speed of this section and that there is urgency in what is ha ... . In all, Wilfred Owen is trying to show that there is no triumph in war. He does this by using the gassed soldier as an example. The poem is extremely effective as an anti-war poem where it gave exce ...

(6 pages) 33 0 5.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

What is Sublimation

ssing through an intermediate liquid phase.2. Sublimation is the process of a solid changing form a gas to a solid without going to the liquid state and vice versa. An example of sublimation is the ic ... reezing. The water freezes then sublimates and your clothes will be dry but very cold. There is one gas that changes to a solid directly at -109 degrees Fahrenheit and that is carbon dioxide. a gas ca ...

(1 pages) 28 1 2.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays

The four natural physical spheres are: Lithosphere, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Biosphere

he seafloors and on the surfaces of the continents and islands.Atmosphere (atmo is Greek of air)The gaseous envelope of air that surrounds Earth. It contains the complex mixture of gases needed to sus ...

(1 pages) 6997 3 1.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Dulce et decorum est poem evaluation

speeds up as the somewhat helpless soldiers rush to put on their clumsy masks. The first sentence "Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!' highlights the speed of this section and that there is urgency in what is ha ... . In all, Wilfred Owen is trying to show that there is no triumph in war. He does this by using the gassed soldier as an example. The poem is extremely effective as an anti-war poem where it gave exce ...

(6 pages) 27 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Creative Writing in regards to introducing a chemical element (oxygen) and its discoverer(Joseph Priestly).

g fact…)What you call dephlogisticated air, we now know as oxygen. Your great discoveries of gases are few among all the gases and elements we know now but such things could not have progressed ... ery, the science world will learn the importance of oxygen. Nearly all living organisms breathe the gas to survive and without it, nearly all would instantly die. You also researched "fixed air" what ...

(1 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Sublimation

oving heat. As most materials are heated they go from a solid phase to a liquid phase and then to a gas. When heat is removed the process is reversed.Sublimation is an unusual process in which the sub ... ersed.Sublimation is an unusual process in which the substance is transformed from the solid to the gaseous phase without passing through the liquid phase.Deposition is the reverse process.Materials: ...

(2 pages) 3675 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Formal Report on Heat Capacity Ratios of Gases

Formal Report on Heat Capacity Ratios of GasesAbstractThis report discusses an investigation of the heat capacities of Helium, Nitrogen, and ... ogen, and Carbon Dioxide. To accurately determine experimental values for the heat capacity of each gas, the heat capacity ratio was calculated from measurements of the speed of sound in each gas. An ... d in each gas. An apparatus designed to measure the wavelength and frequency of sound waves in each gas was used to determine the speed of sound as a frequency was passed through each gas. The apparat ...

(16 pages) 76 0 3.4 Jul/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Global warming

of the Earth's atmosphere; it is caused by the increases in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases being released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. The gases ... f these solutions are:Instead of using fuel in cars, use electric cars- this will help stop harmful gases get in the air.Cycle to places!- this will cut down the levels of exhaust fumes that come out ...

(4 pages) 34 0 4.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Gases - Chemistry Study Notes

Gases pressure is exerted by gas particles hitting the walls of the containerweakest intermolecular ... les hitting the walls of the containerweakest intermolecular force (hydrogen) --> out of all the gases going to most obey “Gas particles neither attract nor repel each other” (#3 of kinet ... o most obey “Gas particles neither attract nor repel each other” (#3 of kinetic theory of gases)PressureWhy is stepping on a nail more painful than lying on a bed of nails?-force exerted by ...

(2 pages) 12 0 3.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Chemistry Study Notes - Dalton's Law and Graham's Law

Dalton’s Law ~ the partial pressure of each gas in a mixture of gases is proportional to the proportion of moles that the gas represents in the ... cles) have higher speeds V1/V2 = square root of (m2)/(m1)(m1)KE = ½ mv2The kinetic energy of gases depends on their speed and velocity. Two gases that are at the same temperature will have the ... y. Two gases that are at the same temperature will have the same average Kinetic Energy. If the two gases have different masses, their speeds must also bee different. Which will have a higher speed? t ...

(1 pages) 7 0 3.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Chemistry - Discovering Gas Laws Notes

and volume (as in Boyle’s Law) to understand how they are related, what other variables of the gas must remain constant?When varying pressure and volume to understand how they are related, the nu ... ssure and volume to understand how they are related, the number of moles and the temperature of the gas must remain constant.Boyle’s LawP1V1 = P2V23. When varying pressure and temperature (as in ...

(2 pages) 1725 0 3.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry