Ammonium perchlorate

Exploration of the PEPCON Disaster And Its Aftermath What began as normal repair work at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) in May of 1988, resulted in devastation. PEPCON was one of two manufacturing facilities of Ammonium Perchlorate (AP), located in Clark County, NV, approximately 10 miles southeast of downtown Las Vegas (Lilley, 2012). AP is an oxidizer that when combined with aluminum makes the base for solid-state rocket fuel (Dunbar, 2006). Due to the recent Space

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* . Introduction Endothermic reactions are accompanied by the absorption of heat. The dissolving of ammonium nitrate in water is an example of an endothermic reaction. The solution resulting from this mixture is colder than either the ammonium nitrate or the water. This is the simple explanation of what happens in an instant ice pack. The more detailed information will be discussed in the following paragraphs. Cold Packs Most cold packs come with a fabric cover made to absorb condensation and

noteworthy calamity happened to overall populace that for a long time after couldn 't be overlooked. It began on a brilliant and clear morning when the ship in the Texas City Harbor, The Grand Camp, loaded with ammonium nitrate compost, bound for war torn Europe, was ablaze. Ammonium nitrate is an exceptionally perilous and unstable material in the event that it is dangerously utilized, a similar material was utilized as a part of the Oklahoma bombarding. Since the flames in the port weren 't uncommon

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Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat (Young Reader’s Edition) - Grade 7 Originally published in New York: Dial Books, 2009. Learning Objective: The goal of this two day exemplar is to give students the opportunity to use the reading and writing habits they’ve been practicing on a regular basis to unpack Pollan’s investigative journalism of industrial farms. By reading and rereading the passage closely combined with classroom discussion about it, students will

”[2] The CSB report found that a fire of unknown source caused the piles of stored ammonium nitrate to be covered with soot which heated up and eventually caused the ammonium nitrate to detonate. OSHA and the EPA, neither had regulations

major disaster befallen on the whole population that for many years after could not be forgotten. It all started on a bright and clear morning when the ship in the Texas City Harbor, The Grand Camp, full of ammonium nitrate fertilizers, destined for war torn Europe, was on fire. Ammonium nitrate is a highly dangerous and explosive material if it is unsafely used, the same material was used in Oklahoma bombing. Since the fires in the port weren 't rare, unfortunately people weren 't as alarmed as

find the enthalpy a calorimeter was used, then filled 50ml of room temperature water in a graduated cylinder. The water was poured into the calorimeter cup then close the top and measured the initial temperature. Then the top was opened and 1gram of Ammonium chloride was pour into the cup, stirred the salt with the rod and once it reached plateaued the final temperature was recorded. The same process was done for the second salt Sodium thiosulfate. The step taken to reduce error in the experiment was