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    Saad Khan, Zulkafli Bin Hassan, Iqbal Ahmed Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, University Malaysia Pahang, 26300 UMP, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia; Phone: +6017-9222194, Fax +609-5492535 ABSTRACT Diesel has a mark as traditional hydrocarbon structure as conventional fuels. H2O2 freshly reported as fuel combustion enhancer and to be a low-emission high-quality oxidizer. Consequently, this article discusses the influence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) combination with diesel in different

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    artificial oxygen carrier(s), such as oxygen-rich liquids, like perfluorocarbon and perflubrons, rather oxygen-rich gas mixtures (1). The perfluorocarbon liquids used to support pulmonary gas exchange is a type of synthetic liquid fluorinated hydrocarbons, or hydrocarbons with hydrogens replaced with fluorine atoms instead. Similar to perfluorocarbons, perflubrons are perfluorocarbon

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    Comparing Oil Pipelines

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    it as safely and efficiently as possible. Canada and North Dakota are going to keep producing oil as long as America and the world keep using it, which is likely to be many, many years to come. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually applied to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may occur on land. (www.wikipedia

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    Internal Combustion Engines

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    Internal Combustion Engines Introduction Internal Combustion Engine, a heat engine in which the fuel is burned ( that is, united with oxygen ) within the confining space of the engine itself. This burning process releases large amounts of energy, which are transformed into work through the mechanism of the engine. This type of engine different from the steam engine, which process with an external combustion engine that fuel burned apart from the engine. The principal types of internal combustion

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    Introduction Introduction Energy is more than a utility that keeps the lights on in our homes or the gas in our cars; it’s a foundational resource that plays a key role in a nation’s ability to provided economic opportunity and basic services and security to its people. As such, it is imperative to a nation’s overall security that it develops/acquires access to energy, ensures energy needs are properly met and supplies are readily available, and disruptions minimized. Policy directs that the U

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    as glycogen. There are many differences between carbohydrates and lipids. For example lipids are insoluble in water whereas carbohydrates are soluble in water. This is because lipids contain non - polar hydrocarbon units whereas water contains polar hydrocarbon units. So when the two are mixed together there is no attraction between particles so no breakdown is possible. But lipids care soluble in non - polar solvents, e.g. alcohol. Carbohydrates have polar hydroxyl

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    Thecolumn Lab Report

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    same, but the silica is modified to make it non-polar by attaching long hydrocarbon chains to its surface - typically with either 8 or 18 carbon atoms in them. For example, a polar solvent is used as a mixture of water and analcohol such as methanol. In this case, there will be a strong attraction between the polar solvent and polar molecules in the mixture which is passed through the column. But in between the hydrocarbon chains attached to the silica (the stationary phase)and the polar molecules

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    oxygen molecule and carbon monoxide is thus formed. It is colourless, odourless, and tasteless gas that is slightly less dense than air. It is toxic to humans and animals when encountered in higher concentrations. When oxyhydrogen kit is connected, hydrocarbons might have undergoing complete combustion or tend to follow complete combustion by the aid oxygen which is a part of oxyhydrogen. Also the chance for increased combustion duration also exists.

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    consisting of one hydrogen (H) atom, two oxygen (O) atoms, and one carbon (C) atom, plus a hydrocarbon chain attached to the carboxylic acid group. Generally, it is made up of a long straight chain of carbon (C) atoms each carrying two hydrogen (H) atoms. The carboxylate end of the soap molecule is attracted to water. It is called the hydrophilic end; this end of the fatty acid chain prefers water. The hydrocarbon chain is attracted to oil and grease and is the hydrophobic end. However, when soap is

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    Harbor Island Case Study

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    Site background and history The Harbor Island site covers about 400 acres and is an industrial area in Seattle, Washington, at the mouth of the Duwamish River, close to Elliott Bay (see Figure 1). The island was created around 1905 from sediments coming from the Duwamish River. Since 1912, the island has been used for commercial and industrial activities, including secondary lead smelting, shipbuilding and repair, bulk petroleum fuel storage, metal fabrication, and containerized cargo shipping. There

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