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    Separation of Gold

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    decided to do is gold separation. Gold separation can be done in a number of ways but there is not always one way to do it‚ but the combination of a couple of these processes to extract pure gold. Gold is obtained form the lithosphere. It is separated from the ore found in the lithosphere. Gold’s symbol is Au. Its atomic number is 79 and has an atomic mass of 196.96655 amu. Its melting point is 1064.43°C‚ while its boiling point is 2807.0 °C. It is a transition metal and is yellow or gold in colour

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    Pot of Gold

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    In the short story Pot of Gold by Cheryl Albury she explores the dynamics of friendship‚ family and the limits one will go to in the name of love . In the story A man by the name of Jacob is on the verge of freedom. He reminisces about his prior years in prison‚ his family and his best friend and former jail mate Cyril. Jacob and his group of friends‚ including Cyril would spend their Saturday nights at “endurance café” drinking rum and sharing jokes. One night‚ Cyril proposed an offer to Jacob at

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    Black Gold

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    Black Gold The film Black Gold was a very interesting and eye opening film. The film focuses mainly on the coffee growers in southern and western Ethiopia. The movie shows closely the journey that Tadesse Maskela goes through to promote his union- Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union. The union was developed to cut out the middleman in the processes of trading and exporting the coffee beans. Tadesse Maskela also attempts to secure a living wage for the coffee farmers that her represents‚ and

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    Reflection On California

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    At the age of 13‚ I migrated to California from the Philippines. In the same year‚ I went to Alameda High school as a first year high school student. At first‚ it was difficult to adjust since I came from a different country with different culture and language. I was not confident with my English communication skills. I was placed in English Language Department class‚ which is a class for English learners. During my classes‚ I did not have the confidence to communicate with the other people‚ nor

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    The Royal Metal: Gold

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    Gold is a soft metal that is largely unreactive. Gold jewellery can lie underground for thousands of years and emerge shiny after that lengthy exposure to air‚ water‚ and other chemicals in the environment. Gold does dissolve in some solvents as indicated below and does react with halogens. The most common oxidation states of gold are Au(I) and Au(III) but there are a few examples of Au(V) (various anions [AuF6]- and [Au2F10]). The Au(III) ion has the d8configuration which gives rise to many square

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    Eco Towns

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    nEco town Case Study White Hill Bordon Whitehill Bordon is located in the south east of England – 46 miles from central London. The nearest big cities are Guildford to the north and Portsmouth to the south. The town has grown around the Ministry of Defence’s presence in the town. It is set in rolling countryside and it is about a 40 minute drive to the sea. A new national park is being established – the South Downs National Park – and Whitehill Bordon will serve as a gateway to it. Here is a

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    Satellite Towns

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    Satellite Towns In 1927 there were approximately 2 billion people on the earth‚ however today our population is almost 6 billion. This huge amount of increase in human population brought crowded metropolitan areas. In order to create planned cities and houses we created satellite towns. These towns also started to be built in our country. Therefore‚ it might be a good idea to consider its advantages and disadvantages. The main advantage of a town with skyscrapers is its modernity. Since we

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    Gold Mining

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    Gold Digging Gold mining is one of the most destructive industries in the world. It can displace communities‚ hurt workers‚ destroy environments and contaminate drinking water. Water and land become polluted with mercury and cyanide which endangers ecosystems‚ animals and people. the health of people and ecosystems. Toxic mine waste contains many dangerous chemicals including arsenic‚ cyanide‚ lead‚ acids‚ merry and petroleum byproducts. Mining companies worldwide dump toxic waste into

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    My Town

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    Belgrave was first settled in 1851. Belgrave was named after an 1840s chapel in Leeds‚ Yorkshire‚ England; the name carried by Mr and Mrs R.G. Benson when they came to Melbourne in 1856. Their sons‚ the Benson Brothers‚ settled in the Belgrave district in the 1870s. A Post Office opened in the area around 1904. Many men from Belgrave went to war‚ and there is a war memorial in Belgrave. Belgrave Lake was constructed in 1893 to supply water to Dandenong. Water flowed by pipeline to Heany Park

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    My Town

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    some time in Kurseong in 1885. Fazul Haque‚ the Prime Minister of undivided Bengal also stayed here. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was interned by the colonial Government for a couple of months in a house at Giddhapahar near Kurseong town in 1936. [pic] View of Kurseong town Where is Kurseong? Kurseong is in Darjeeling district of West Bengal in India. On the way of Darjeeling from Siliguri lies Kurseong. About Kurseong Though Kurseong lags behind in the race to become a preferred tourist destination

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