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Neptune
943 Words - 4 Pages.... the density. Neptune travels around the Sun in an elliptical orbit at
an average distance of 4.504 billion km (2.799 billion miles). Neptune consists
largely of hydrogen and helium, and it has no apparent solid surface. The first
two thirds of Neptune is composed of a mixture of molten rock, water, liquid
ammonia and methane. The outer third is a mixture of heated gases comprised of
hydrogen, helium, water and methane. The atmospheric composition is 85%
Hydrogen, 13% Helium, and 2% methane. The planet's atmosphere, particularly
the outer layers, contains substantial amounts of methane gas. Absorption of
red light by the atmospheric methane is responsible for Neptune ....
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Bioethics Of Cloning
1930 Words - 8 Pages.... Christopher).
The two share the same nucleic DNA, but differ in terms of their mitochondrial DNA, which is vitally important for the regulation of the cell. The media and the press ignored this fact, and thus claimed that Dolly and her “mother” were genetically identical, which sparked a fury of outcry all around the world. The technique of transferring a nucleus from a somatic cell into an egg cell of which the nucleus had been removed, called nuclear transplantation, is an extension of research that had been ongoing for over 40 years.
Up until now, scientists thought that adult cells could not be “reprogrammed” to behave like a fertilized egg and create an em ....
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Asimov On Chemistry By Isaac Asimov
1067 Words - 4 Pages.... Then he talks
about a pathologically shy, absentminded, stuffy, women-hating chemist. This
man did make some discoveries about inflammable gas and proved water to be an
oxide.
The Element of Perfection
Asimov talks about astronomers in the mid 1800's, and how they made the
spectroscope. Only then does he start to mention a element a french chemist
belived to be new or maybe just a heavier from of nitrogen. Inert gases and
there liquefaction points are then listed along when they when fisrt liquefied
by a chemist. Welcome, Stranger!
This talks about the rarest of stable enert gases, xenon. It also tells
why that in 1962 so many expirements were done involving this gas ....
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The Creation Of The Universe
1818 Words - 7 Pages.... as children. Perhaps it
is because we live in a nation filled with many peoples of different beliefs
whose Gods are all so varied and different that it is difficult to fathom that
they are all the same divine being. It is also plausible that we just have a
desire to quench the thirst for knowledge that lies deep within ourselves. As
for myself, I cannot believe in a being which created a universe and a multitude
of worlds in a rather short period of time then deigns to lower itself into
becoming a puppet-master and "pulling the strings" of the Earth and all of the
people therein.
Since this paper touches upon many scientific terms, I feel that in
order for the re ....
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Fiber Optics
2237 Words - 9 Pages.... Single mode or Multimode ?
Fibre Properties
Fibre-Optic Endoscopy
Introduction
The Fibre-Optic Endoscope
Some Applications for Fibre-Optic Endoscopy
References
Fibre Optics
A relatively new technology with vast potential importance, fibre optics, is the
channelled transmission of light through hair-thin glass fibres.
The clear advantages of fibre optics are too often obscured by concerns that
may have been valid during the pioneering days of fibre, but that have since
been answered by technical advances.
Fibre is fragile
An optical fibre has greater tensile strength than copper or steel fibres of the
same diameter. It is flexible, bends easily, and resist ....
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Uranium
394 Words - 2 Pages.... Uran,
which in its final form became uranium, a name which today is known worldwide
while klaproth's own fame has faded. Uranium is as dense as gold. Uranium, was
first prepared with some difficulty, in 1841 by the french chemist Eugène
Peligot, using thermal reaction of tetrachloride with potassium. Later in 1870,
an important fact was established: uranium is the last and heaviest element
present on earth. This was demonstrated by Dimitri Mendeleev in his famous
perodical classification of the elements by chemical properties and increasing
atomic mass. Experimentation with uranium lead to many discoversies such as the
X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen, on November 8, 1895.
Wilhe ....
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Gas Laws (cemistry)
2458 Words - 9 Pages.... Boyle (1627 - 1691). The instruments used by Boyle to measure pressure were two: the manometer, which measures differences in pressure, and the barometer, which measures the total pressure of the atmosphere.
A manometer is simply a bent piece of tubing, preferably glass with one end closed.
When the liquid level in both arms is the same, the pressure of the sample of gas inside the closed end must equal the pressure of the external atmosphere since the downward force on the two columns of liquid is then equal. When the liquid levels are unequal, the pressures must differ. The difference in pressure can be measured in units of length of the vertical column of liqu ....
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The Effects Of Over-Population On The Earth's Water Supply
1100 Words - 4 Pages.... of these sources recount statistics of a slowing population growth, however, the most appalling facts are that the planet Earth's water resources are depleted now. How can we allow the population to grow unchecked, when we know that even now, the Earth's water supplies are taxed to the limit?
The subject of over-population encompasses many areas of study. Some examples are health, food, pollution and fresh water. The underlying link between all of these areas is water. The following four articles reveal that the water supplies that we all depend on are being used at an unsustainable rate. There is not enough fresh water on this planet for current growth rates to continue.
Th ....
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