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rectangular material. Shingles can be made from wood (shakes), slate, asphalt (bitumen), ceramics, or composite. With the development of new materials throughout history, wood and paper-based asphalt shingles are used much less due to their risk of flammability. America's most common type of residential roofing material is the fiberglass-based asphalt

lose their interest in coming. In previous events similar to this the project, it has caused billions of dollars being lost. The LNG plant will cause chaos with a long period of repairing those damages. The LNG will be entirely risky due to the flammability it will be transporting. If the LNG product spills near an ignition source, it will burn above with evaporating gas. The burn will be more rapid with the fire being hotter. If the plant spills, but does not promptly combust, a

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Introduction The history of polymers stretch back millions of years. These “primitive” polymers were created by nature to fulfill the needs of information storage, energy storage and information reproduction. Human made polymers are a more recent invention, of the last two hundred years or so. These polymers are general made of highly flammable hydrocarbons and their derivatives. Fires caused by a combination of human careless and the physical properties of hydrocarbons have caused millions of dollars

Unit 1 Activity 1: Benzoic Acid MSDS Report: Benzoic acid is also commonly known as Phenyl Carboxylic Acid, Dracylic Acid, Benzenecarboxylic Acid, Benzoate, and Retardex to name only a few. It can be identified by it's chemical formula C7H6O2 or by its molecular formula C6-H5-C-O2-H. Benzoic acid has a molecular weight of approximately 122.12 g/mol. At room temperature, it appears to be an opaque solid, generally a white power or crystal. At normal STP benzoic acid is a stable compound so it will

LITERATURE REVIEW The high voltage cable electrical test should be conducted to ensure its ability to perform their task in delivering the high voltage. As an example, IPH Berlin has conducted this type of electrical test on the high voltage cable. This test has been supervised by a test engineer from that company. Test has been conducted in high voltage test laboratory and it was carried out using a cable sample. Type tests and electrical test that has been performed on the cable are partial

Before I begin, I’d like to state some facts, and provide some information that I came across while researching for this activity. As we all know, elements differ in the number of protons in their atomic nuclei. Each element when increased by 1 proton, turns into a new element, and once we go beyond the 90+ protons, elements become more and more unstable. Hence, the probabilities of elements existing naturally beyond that point, becomes slimmer. The bigger the number of protons in the nucleus the

1.0 Abstract The purpose of this investigation is to explore how much energy is stored in different types of fuels and see which one would be better to purchase for a camping trip. The process that was used to find this was called calorimetery and the results from this were compared to the price per milliliter for each fuel. The fuel that was the best to purchase over all was deemed to be Ethanol. Ethanol was the alcohol fuel that held the highest amount of energy compared to the price and had the

possible in order to fulfill consumer demand for the product. Another problem in scaling up reactions is that you will be dealing with much larger quantities of chemicals so the risks of using the chemicals may also increase e.g. Toxic vapors, flammability, etc. The only chemical that can cause this problem in this reaction is Acetylsalicylic Acid which is an irritant and also harmful. Another problem that can occur is that using bulk chemicals can increase the amount of impurities. The number of

“I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively, instead of skeptically and dictatorially.” ― E.B. White. In accommodation to the environment, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants that are being planned to be built in between Brownsville and Port Isabel should be cancelled to keep the Rio Grande