stated that plastics are polymers and are chemically unreactive because they are held together by stable single bonds‚ which also results in their chemical stability. The stability of plastics makes them resilient to breakage making them good replacements for fragile items such as glass. Some plastics are weakened and dissolved by organic non-solvents so not all plastics can be used for the same purposes. Plastics are moulded to different shapes with some being flexible like plastic bags and others
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Look around at the local surroundings. How many objects are made of or just contain a bit of plastic? There is a high amount of plastic being used for all kinds of objects for daily use. Plastic is used all the time and most people never really think twice about it. Plastic is becoming too common in the world today and is harming our environment (Manrich. 2009). People do not realize the effects plastic over-usage has on the world but if each person were to really take time to think about this over-usage
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friendly buildings by substituting the conventional use of bricks with “bottle bricks” that includes the use of recycled bottles. It is estimated that one house made of these bottle bricks costs only about a third of what a similar house is made of using concrete and bricks. Furthermore‚ not only are the bottle-bricks houses made more affordable‚ but they are also made more durable than the conventional houses. The bottles packed with sand act as insulators against heat‚ thereby making the house
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4 The Bottle Blowfish Life History/Introduction: There was a time in history when the oceans were overly polluted with trash of various sorts. The water was so polluted and the food source for the ocean life was diminishing. This was the habitat of the blowfish. Their food became so scarce they began to eat the very things that were polluting the waters. The blowfish began to mutate with what they were eating. The Bottle Blowfish came to be from a mutation between a plastic bottle and its
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Plastic is infinitely useful and makes life unbelievably simpler for everyone. Plastic however can have harmful effects on not only the environment but also on human health. Whether plastics advantages out way it potential health causes is the subject of debate. Plastic is used in everything from cell phones to water bottles. The fact that such a versatile and exhausted product can cause health problems should be taken into consideration. Plastic also has a harmful affect on the environment. This
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Chia-hao Chianglin Professor Michael Cheng Writing and Reading (II) 22 March 2011 Persuasion Essay (Cosmetic Surgery) Outline I. INTRODUCTION 1. Background Information: For modern people‚ cosmetic surgery nowadays has become more and more popular. Some people believe that it is a technique to raise the beauty of a person. The basic intention of this surgery is to enhance the appearance of the individual by changing the parts of the body. On the other hand‚ other people disagree with it‚ saying
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By: Wanda Merced DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes. ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form DRAFT: This module has unpublished changes. When I came upon the topic of Capital Punishment in the Ethics course‚ I began researching and found the video above against it. Before doing so I once believed that criminals of horrific crimes should be punished by death. My opinion has changed because I now view capital punishment as neglecting peace in the
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Handmade Paper from Musa sapientum (banana) leaves ABSTRACT The main goal of this research is determine whether Musa Sapientum (banana) leaves can be another source of fiber for paper making by producing quality handmade paper out of Musa sapientum (banana) leaves. The banana leaves were gathered cut into small pieces and soaked in a basin full of water overnight. It underwent boiling in water‚ then in NaOH solution‚ and then lastly in soda ash solution to separate the cellulose fibers from the
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Microelectronics Reliability 49 (2009) 1309–1314 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Microelectronics Reliability journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/microrel Dielectric charging in silicon nitride films for MEMS capacitive switches: Effect of film thickness and deposition conditions U. Zaghloul a‚b‚*‚ G. Papaioannou c‚ F. Coccetti a‚ P. Pons a‚ R. Plana a‚b a CNRS‚ LAAS‚ 7 avenue du Colonel Roche‚ F-31077 Toulouse‚ France Université de Toulouse; UPS‚ INSA‚ INP‚ ISAE; LAAS;
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Due Date: Persuasive Outline and Speech Presentation: Due in Dropbox (Outline) and on YouTube (Video) on or before TUESDAY‚ October 15‚ 2013 (11:50PM) Assignment Details: Purpose and Information: The persuasive speech is deliberative. It employs emotion‚ credibility‚ and logic to convince an audience that a narrowly defined action is beneficial. The persuasive proposition (thesis) is generally supported by two to three main ideas which employ about two to three pieces of evidence each.
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